"it gives me pleasure to announce to congress that the
benevolent policy of the government steadily pursued for
nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the indians
beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy
consummation."
- transcript of president andrew jackson's message to
congress "on indian removal" (1830)
how does the phrase "gives me pleasure" contribute to a tone of
satisfaction in this excerpt?
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a. it implies that the removal of american indians from their land is
something to celebrate
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b. it is a phrase that implies jackson is deeply concerned about the
welfare of the american indians.
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c. it alludes to the bible,
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d. it suggests the actions were jackson's alone

Why is “playing it cool” laced with irony for starr? the hate u give

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated? a. i haven’t found a new job, and i don’t plan to look for one until i have to. b. my work is piling up—day to day—and i can’t seem to get caught up. c. i know things could be worse (they have been in the past).