Passage: beyond them, and around us on every side, were the great himalayas, stretching away through nepal and tibet. for the closer peaks—giants like lhotse, nuptse and makalu—you now had to look sharply downward to see their summits. and farther away, the whole sweep of the greatest range on earth—even kanchenjunga itself—seemed only like little bumps under the spreading sky. it was such a sight as i had never seen before and would never see again: wild, wonderful and terrible. but terror was not what i felt. i loved the mountains too well for that. i loved everest too well. at that great moment for which i had waited all my life my mountain did not seem to me a lifeless thing of rock and ice, but warm and friendly and living. she was a mother hen, and the other mountains were chicks under her wings. i too, i felt, had only to spread my own wings to cover and shelter the brood that i loved.
3. how is paradox used in this passage? identify and explain it.
5.how is irony used in this passage? identify and explain it.
4. what effect does using these literary techniques have on the passage? explain.
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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)

the answer a: perseverance !

c. to understand which information will best persuade your readers. (apex) correct answer.