Grade 8 Lit

  Which technique does Mandela use to create a sense of hope for South Africa’s future?

 

• He refutes those who say that South Africa cannot heal its wounds.

• He contrasts negative phrases about the past with positive phrases about

• He develops metaphors to show what the newly democratic nation will be like.

Mandela uses phrases such as “a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity.” He most likely wants to persuade his audience that

 

• the end of apartheid means the end of war.

• audience members took an active part in ending apartheid.

• everyone shares in the benefits of the end of apartheid.

What impact do these words have on the tone and meaning  

To my compatriots, I have no hesitation in saying that each one of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld.

In this excerpt, Nelson Mandela uses positive words like beautiful and famous to describe the trees of South Africa.

 

• They inspire international audience members to spend time visiting South Africa.

• They provide listeners with a way to congratulate the people of South Africa.

• They help South Africans feel that they are a part of something valuable.

  Mandela says that under apartheid South Africa “suffer[ed] the indignity of being the skunk of the world.”

The phrase “skunk of the world” suggests that other nations

• supported oppression of certain South Africans.

• avoided interaction with South Africa.

• viewed South Africa as unimportant.

Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity’s belief in justice . . . .

What does produce mean in this sentence?

• adjective; successful

• noun; vegetables

• verb; bring about

  Mandela's speech refers to a “practice of racism and racial oppression.”

In this context, the word practice means

• professional business.

• something done to gain skills.

• a repeated action.

She holds a more _______________ position in the company.

• sustain

• elevated

• covenant

Those objects ____________ the entire building.

• covenant

• sustain

• reconciliation

The rebel leader called for _____________ with the armed forces.

• elevated

• reconciliation

• sustain

The contract contained a restrictive __________ against building on the land.

• covenant

• deprivation

• sustain