“Every day, millions of Brazilians trust WhatsApp with their most private conversations,” wrote WhatsApp’s vice president, Chris Daniels, in Folha. “Because both good and bad information can go viral on WhatsApp, we have a responsibility to amplify the good and mitigate the harm.”

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"Essay on the Duty of Civil Disobedience"
by Henry David Thoreau

Witness the present Mexican war, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for, in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measure.

Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience, then? I think that we should be men first, and subject afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right. Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice. A common and natural result of an undue respect for law is, that you may see a file of soldiers, colonel, captain, corporal, privates, power-monkeys, and all, marching in admirable order over hill and dale to wars, against their wills, ay, against their common sense and consciences, which makes it very steep marching indeed, and produces a palpitation of the heart.

There are thousands who are in opinion opposed to slavery and to the war, who yet effect do nothing to put an end to them; who sit down with their hands in their pockets, and say they know not what to do, and do nothing. What is the price of an honest man and patriot today? They hesitate, and they regret, and sometimes they petition; but they do nothing in earnest and with effect. They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy the evil, that they may no longer have it to regret. There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man.

from "Essay on the Duty of Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau

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Use the passages to answer the question.

Which elements of style appear in the first passage but not the second passage? Select the two correct answers.

(1 point)
Responses

advanced vocabulary
advanced vocabulary

quotations
quotations

a complex syntax
a complex syntax

statistics
statistics

rhetorical questions

Answer 1

The elements of style that appear in the first passage but not in the second passage are:

1. Advanced vocabulary - The first passage includes specific terms associated with digital communication and social responsibility, such as "amplify" and "mitigate," which are more advanced compared to Thoreau's straightforward language.

2. Statistics - The first passage refers to "millions of Brazilians," which implies a statistical element, while the second passage does not contain any statistics.

Therefore, the correct answers are:

• advanced vocabulary
• statistics