This passage is taken from a speech given by President Ronald Reagan to the people of West Berlin in 1987. “In the Reichstag a few moments ago, I saw a display commemorating this 40th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. I was struck by the sign on a burnt-out, gutted structure that was being rebuilt. I understand that Berliners of my own generation can remember seeing signs like it dotted throughout the western sectors of the city. The sign read simply: ‘The Marshall Plan is helping here to strengthen the free world.’ A strong, free world in the West, that dream became real. Japan rose from ruin to become an economic giant. Italy, France, Belgium—virtually every nation in Western Europe saw political and economic rebirth; the European Community was founded.” In this paragraph, the speaker uses juxtaposition to contrast the (5 points)
economic growth around the world compared to Berlin
intricacies of the Marshall Plan with its actual effects
experience of destruction and ruin with that of rebirth and hope
past history of the Berlin Wall with the future of the new Berlin
expectation of economic growth with the statistical reality of it
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This passage is taken from a speech given by President Ronald Reagan to the people of West Berlin in 1987. “In the Reichstag a few moments ago, I saw a display commemorating this 40th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. I was struck by the sign on a burnt-out, gutted structure that was being rebuilt. I understand that Berliners of my own generation can remember seeing signs like it dotted throughout the western sectors of the city. The sign read simply: ‘The Marshall Plan is helping here to strengthen the free world.’ A strong, free world in the West, that dream became real. Japan rose from ruin to become an economic giant. Italy, France, Belgium—virtually every nation in Western Europe saw political and economic rebirth; the European Community was founded.” In this paragraph, the speaker uses juxtaposition to contrast the (5 points)
economic growth around the world compared to Berlin
intricacies of the Marshall Plan with its actual effects
experience of destruction and ruin with that of rebirth and hope
past history of the Berlin Wall with the future of the new Berlin
expectation of economic growth with the statistical reality of it
15.