Select the correct text in the passage.Which sentence best expresses a celebratory message?Inaugural Addressby Nelson Mandela (excerpt)We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation. We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.We succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the construction of a complete, just and lasting peace.We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity - a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.As a token of its commitment to the renewal of our country, the new Interim Government of National Unity will, as a matter of urgency, address the issue of amnesty for various categories of our people who are currently serving terms of imprisonment.We dedicate this day to all the heroes and heroines in this country and the rest of the world who sacrificed in many ways and surrendered their lives so that we could be free.Their dreams have become reality. Freedom is their reward.

Select the correct text in the passage.Which sentence best expresses the central idea that South Africa is working to transition from a difficult past?Inaugural Addressby Nelson Mandela (excerpt)Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Guests, Comrades and Friends.Today, all of us do, by our presence here, and by our celebrations in other parts of our country and the world, confer glory and hope to newborn liberty.Out of the experience of an extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.All this we owe both to ourselves and to the peoples of the world who are so well represented here today.Reset Next

Select the correct answer.Read the excerpt from Mandela’s Inaugural Address.We dedicate this day to all the heroes and heroines in this country and the rest of the world who sacrificed in many ways and surrendered their lives so that we could be free. Their dreams have become reality. Freedom is their reward.How does Mandela connect to his audience in these sentences? A. He expresses anger toward people in the audience who have opposed his efforts. B. He expresses condolences to people in the audience who have been committed to justice. C. He expresses gratitude to people in the audience who have been committed to justice. D. He expresses sadness toward people in the audience who have opposed his efforts.

Read the following excerpt from the end of Nelson Mandela’s “Inaugural Address.”Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world.The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement.Let freedom reign.God bless Africa!Why does Mandela choose to conclude in this way? A. to create a call for unity B. to ask for a return to nature C. to emphasize hard work D. to remember the past

Read these sentences from Nelson Mandela’s Inaugural Address.We would also like to pay tribute to our security forces, in all their ranks, for the distinguished role they have played in securing our first democratic elections and the transition to democracy, from blood-thirsty forces which still refuse to see the light.The time for the healing of the wounds has come.The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come.The time to build is upon us.How does Mandela use syntax to achieve his purpose here? A. He repeats short sentences to create a critical or urgent tone. B. He repeats his beliefs to encourage people to forget the past. C. He uses short sentences to make an appeal to simpler times. D. He repeats complicated concepts to establish his credibility.

You have been chosen to address a student gathering from the neighbourhood schools, to speak onthe resilience of human spirit required to transcend discrimination. Prepare the speech draft in notmore than 120 words, with reference to the commonality of themes in Nelson Mandela: Long Walkto Freedom and The Trees by Adrienne Rich.