Question

read the excerpt from \children of the drug wars.\ by sending these children away, \you are handing them a death sentence,\ says josé arnulfo ochoa ochoa, an expert in honduras with world vision international, a christian humanitarian aid group. this abrogates international conventions we have signed and undermines our credibility as a humane country. it would be a disgrace if this wealthy nation turned its back on the 52,000 children who have arrived since october, many of them legitimate refugees. the underlined words and phrases have strong negative connotations. how do they support the authors purpose? they draw attention to the opinion that the united states is not doing enough to help these children. they show that there is a desperate need for all countries to be willing to help refugees. they show that the united states has participated in international conventions on how to handle the refugee crisis. they make it clear that the united states will lose the respect of other nations if it does not help these children.

Explanation:

The underlined words like "death sentence", "abrogates", "undermines", "disgrace", and "turned its back" are all negative. The author uses these to emphasize the negative consequences for the US's reputation (credibility as a humane country) if it doesn't help the children. It's about the US losing respect (which is related to credibility) from other nations. The first option is about the US not doing enough (but the focus is on the consequence of losing respect, not just not doing enough). The second option is too general (all countries) - the text is about the US. The third option is about participation (but the negative words are about the result of not helping). The fourth option aligns as "undermines our credibility" (credibility is related to respect) and "disgrace" (which is a loss of respect - related to how other nations view the US).

Answer:

They make it clear that the United States will lose the respect of other nations if it does not help these children.