“i have a letter somewhere,” looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket. “he says to tell you he will be in vera cruz the beginning of next month,”—”and if you still have the intention of joining him”—bang! clatter, clatter, bang! “why didn’t you tell me so before, mother? you know i wanted—” clatter, clatter, clatter! which best explains this excerpt’s purpose in the novel’s plot structure? the excerpt establishes the setting as part of the exposition. the excerpt builds suspense as part of the rising action. the excerpt forms the point of greatest tension and acts as the climax. the excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition.

The correct answer is:

The excerpt builds suspense as part of the rising action.

This excerpt is providing us relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in this narrative. Usually In literary works, a rising action includes all decisions, characters' flaws, and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)