Read the passage.

excerpt from act i, scene 1, in a midsummer night's dream by william shakespeare

theseus
now, fair hippolyta, our nuptial hour
draws on apace. four happy days bring in
another moon. but, o, methinks how slow
this old moon wanes! she lingers my desires
like to a stepdame or a dowager
long withering out a young man’s revenue.

what does theseus mean by "she lingers my desires / like to a stepdame or a dowager / long withering out a young man’s revenue"?

a:
when we get married, i will feel like the richest man in the world because i have you.
b: in a few days, you will not be a stepdame or dowager any more.
c: we can’t get married until my stepmother arrives.
d: i’m as impatient as a young man who has to wait for his inheritance.

The correct answer is D: I’m as impatient as a young man who has to wait for his inheritance.

Explanation:

She lingers my desires, (She's keeping me waiting)

Like a stepdame or a dowager (The term "stepdame" also means stepmother, and a "dowager" is a widow who holds a title or property from her late husband.)

Long withering out a young man's revenue. (Revenue is synonymous for earnings, or in this case, a young man's inheritance that is being held by a stepmother.)

i believe the answer is thesis, reasons, evidence, counterclaim, conclusion

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)