Read this except of "from blossoms":
from laden boughs, from hands,
f n sweet fellowship in the bins,
comes nectar at the roadside, succulent
peaches we devour, dusty skin and all,
comes the familiar dust of summer, dust we eat.
which word create a positive mood?
a. sweet
b. dust
c. bins
d. devour

A. sweet.

Explanation:

In the poem "From Blossoms" by Li-Young Lee, the poet discovers and dwells on the beauty of peaches. He uses the fruit to represent human life that is slowly fading away, just as fruits ripen and then shrivel up. Likewise, Lee uses his poem to talk about the importance of dwelling in the 'living' an dnot think about death that is surrounding us everyday.

The given passage from the second stanza of the poem details how the peach fruit gives "sweet fellowship" to the one "devouring" it. Aside from the negative words used in the lines such as "devour, dusty skin, dust" etc, the only word that helps create a positive mood in the stanza is the "sweet"  taste of the fruit.

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)