Question

Which textual example from Churchill’s speech, “We Shall Fight on the Beaches,” BEST creates a tone of urgency?

Question 10 options:

"When, a week ago today, I asked the House to fix this afternoon as the occasion for a statement, I feared it would be my hard lot to announce the greatest military disaster in our long history."


"The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil…"


"We have found it necessary to take measures of increasing stringency, not only against enemy aliens and suspicious characters of other nationalities, but also against British subjects who may become a danger…"


"We are told that Herr Hitler has a plan for invading the British Isles."

Answer 1

C. "We have found it necessary to take measures of increasing stringency, not only against enemy aliens and suspicious characters of other nationalities, but also against British subjects who may become a danger…"
The urgency is implied in the overall tone of the passage and his word choice, right in the beginning, he talks about the necessity of taking measures "of increasing stringency" which means, "of increasing severity and rigor", he continues with words like "enemy", "suspicious", "danger" which points to the critical urgency of the situation.