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Read this excerpt from winston churchill's first address to parliament:

i have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat… you ask, what is our policy? i will say: it is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that god can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. that is our policy. you ask, what is our aim? i can answer in one word: it is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

what rhetorical elements make the speech effective?

a. churchill lists all the government's actions and war activities to inspire the british people.

b. churchill invokes the will of god, giving his cause a religious authority and making the war seem like a sacred duty.

c. churchill asks questions that are designed to get the audience to agree with him, and he repeats key words and phrases.

d. churchill lists the sacrifices that will have to be made to win the war and shows war to be honorable and necessary.

e. churchill uses many adjectives such as dark, lamentable, and monstrous to show that war with germany is necessary.

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