What technique does the author of this passage use to evoke emotions in the reader?
a) the author uses a flashback from the narrator's youth to make the reader uneasy.
b) the author's use of a first person perspective creates a sense of unease and discomfort.
c) the author's use of frightening imagery with a setting named "death swamp" creates tension.
d) the author's use of violent dialogue implies that something stressful is soon to occur.

C The author's use of frightening imagery with a setting named "Death Swamp" creates tension

Explanation:

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the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.

each morning i wrote my name

on the dusty cabinet, then crossed

the dining table in script, scrawled

in capitals on the backs of chairs,

practicing signatures like scales

while mother followed squirting

linseed from a burping can