1. In “I Too am America” by Langston Hughes, what is the tone of the poem? What lines or images led you to this conclusion?

2. How is Langston Hughes’ life reflected in his works? (think themes and topics he writes about)

1) The tone of this poem is that he is also american, and is hopeful that one day he will be sitting at the kitchen table, and they'll see he is american. The lines that led me to this conclusion is the first line, "I, too, sing America" and the last line "I, too, am America".

2) Langston Hughes' life is reflected in his works because he talks a lot about racism and dreams in his poems. He seems to talk about his feeling he has and what he dreams about.

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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)