Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese during World War Il British Prime Minister Winston Churchill came to the United
States to meet with President Franklin Roosevelt. Read the following excerpt from a speech he delivered on Christmas Eve. What is Churchills
purpose in this part of his speech
I spend this anniversary and festival far from my country, far from my family, yet I cannot truthfully say that I feel far from home.
Whether it be the ties of blood on my mother's side or the friendships i have developed here over many years of active life, or the
commanding sentiment of comradeship in the common cause of great peoples who speak the same language, who kneel at the same
atars and to a very large extent, pursue the same ideals I cannot feel myself a stranger here in the centre and at the summit of the
United States, feel a sense of unity and fraternal association which added to the endliness of your welcome, convinces me that I have a
right to st at your fireside and share your Christmas joys

What is the main difference between hearing and listening? a) hearing is easy; listening is hard. b) hearing involves the outer ear; listening involves the inner ear. c) hearing is the physical activity; listening involves processing the information. d) none of the above

Lines 9-12 compare the "ashes of youth" to a deathbed twilight fire youth

Kwan gazed out at her brother and heard his shrieks of delight as he tried to direct their marvelous flying creation. she watched it wheel, spin, and dive—a wild, colorful bird putting on an aerial display. its gold and red crepe-paper wings fluttered in the air, mimicking the flight of a predatory bird surveying the landscape for prey. it swooped and dived, perhaps discovering a possible meal, and then went airborne again to avoid the rocky terrain below. min was the falconer, guiding his bird on its path through the sky, not yet ready to call it back to the ground. but kwan grew concerned when she looked out at the dark, threatening clouds beginning to roll in off the water. when she saw the streaks of lightning within the cloud formation, she pointed to the distant storm and called out to her little brother to bring in the kite. min nodded and rolled in the kite string, bringing his bird home. “let’s go,” kwan told her brother and put her arm around him to fold him safely under her wing as they both held onto the kite. “it’s time to go home.” how does the extended metaphor in paragraph 3 affect the mood of this passage? a-it creates a feeling of silliness that captures the absurd humor of the situation. b- it creates a sense of tranquility to match the feelings of min at this point. c-it creates a feeling of fear over what may happen if the kite crashes. d-it creates a sense of awe and wonder at min's mastery of the kite.