2
Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.
Read these excerpts from President Bush's "9/11 Address to the Nation" and President Reagan's Explosion of the Space
Shuttle Challenger Speech" (given on the evening of the Challenger disaster).
"9/11 Address to the Nation"
(6) Tonight, I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shatered, for all whose
sense of safety and security has been threatened....
"Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger Speech"
(4) For the families of the seven, we cannot bear, as you do, the full impact of this tragedy. But we feel the loss, and we're
thinking about you so very much. Your loved ones were daring and brave, and they had that special grace, that special
spirit that says, "Give me a challenge and I'll meet it with joy." They had a hunger to explore the universe and discover its
truths. They wished to serve, and they did. They served all of us.
What is similar about these two passages?
In both passages, the speakers