What is the second step in summarizing plot events? -identify the main events and details in each part of the plot. -objectively explain the story in your own words. -identify the characters and setting presented in the exposition. -think about the order of events in the section you are summarizing.

Objectively explain the story in your own words is correct.

Explanation:

When we want to summarize plot events there all the options mentioned are important. However, not all of them fit in the second step. It is important to identify main events and characters but that is something that should be done first, to have a general idea of the text. Setting and characters are also important but those should be studied in particular if a deeper research or summary is necessary. Finally, think about the events in a specific section refers to that, to a specific section and not the complete text, which is the idea of the question. That is why explaining the story on your own words is correct as a second step, right after identifying main events and characteristics.

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 is b