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Read the excerpt from "If—” by Rudyard Kipling.
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
What is emphasized by the dashes in these lines?
the contrast between the two ideas presented in each line
the impossibility of what the speaker is suggesting
the importance of looking for connections between ideas
the similarity between the ideas in the two lines
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the contrast between the two ideas presented in each line
The dash creates a pause and emphasis, setting the idea of doing something (dreaming, thinking) against its opposite (not being ruled by dreams, not making thoughts your aim).
The dash creates a pause and emphasis, setting the idea of doing something (dreaming, thinking) against its opposite (not being ruled by dreams, not making thoughts your aim).
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