This passage is taken from an eighteenth-century letter from a president to the citizens of the United States of America.(1) So likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification. It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation of privileges denied to others which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions; by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained, and by exciting jealousy, ill-will, and a disposition to retaliate, in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld.(2) As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public councils? Such an attachment of a small or weak towards a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter.(3) Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. But that jealousy to be useful must be impartial; else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defense against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.(4) The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop. Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none; or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.(5) Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.(6) Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?(7) It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them.Which word best describes the tone of the third paragraph? DetachedZealousAggravatedCautionaryWhy does the writer use the maxim, "Honesty is the best policy," in the conclusion of this excerpt? To distract from the counterclaim that other countries are in need of assistanceTo emphasize the importance of strong moral character in the face of oppositionTo remind his audience that he is someone they can trust and turn to in difficult timesTo demonstrate that he will honor the country's existing engagements because of his own valuesWhich stylistic device does the author use in paragraph three to illustrate the potential ills of foreign alliances?Elevated dictionRhetorical questionExtended metaphorDescriptive adjectivesThe diction of the sentence, "Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics," is best described as euphemisticacademiccolloquialformalWhich of the following stylistic features is used in the sentence, "So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled in good faith"? Inversion of normal subject/verb/object orderRepetition of sentence structurePeriodic sentence structureSentence fragments for emphasisWhich sentence signals a tone shift?"So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith.""Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns.""Here let us stop.""Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none; or a very remote relation."Which rhetorical device does the author employ to connect with his audience so that they can relate to and internalize his argument? Personal pronounsExtended metaphorsHistorical allusionsDescriptive adjectivesWhat is the relationship between paragraphs four and seven in the excerpt?Both paragraphs establish the character of the nation and its commitments.Both paragraphs develop an extended metaphor through references to foreign countries.Paragraph four asserts an idea with examples while paragraph seven simply states the idea.Paragraph seven presents an exception to the assertion developed in paragraph four.Which rhetorical strategy does the author adopt in paragraph seven? He lists examples and then asserts his position in a declarative statement.He begins with a tone shift followed by a list of examples illustrating his claim.He acknowledges the opposition and then justifies his position with examples.He clarifies his claim by recognizing a condition of carrying out his position.In paragraph six, the author refers to a nation that has "peace and prosperity" and to those that have "ambition and rivalship" to characterize Europe as a world leader and the United States of America as a fledgling nationillustrate that a progressive country makes alliances throughout the world to ensure peacecontrast a country without foreign alliances with countries that solicit alliancesdefine a self-sufficient nation as one that is without rivals and without peace

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