Which figure of speech does thoreau use to show how loud the bird was in the sentence: "the cockerels crow on the trees, clear and piercing for miles over the resounding earth! it would put nations on the alert."? (5 points) a. personification
b. metaphor
c. simile
d. hyperbole

D. Hyperbole.

Explanation: A hyperbole is a figure of speech that consists in the exaggeration of a statement or a characteristic, that is not meant to be taken literary. In the given sentence, we can see a clear example of hyperbole, specifically in the phrase "It would put nations on the alert" because it is saying that the bird was so loud that it would put nations on the alert, which is a clear exaggeration to give the idea of how loud the bird was.

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)