Passage 1:
And that would have been the very end of the story if it hadn’t been that they felt they really must explain to the Professor why four of the coats out of his wardrobe were missing. And the professor, who was a very remarkable man, didn’t tell them not to be silly or not to tell lies, but believed the whole story.
passage 2:
Joan Risley is keen to emphasise the good points in her experience. She was evacuated twice. The first time, she went with her sister to Beccles, in Suffolk. They were home by the beginning of 1940 but when an invasion seemed likely, Joan announced that she wished to be evacuated again. None of her brothers and sisters wanted to go too, so she was sent alone, aged nine, to Northamptonshire. She lived there with a childless couple who loved and cared for her as their own.

–“Children of the Wartime Evacuation,”
ulie Summers
–The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,
C. S. Lewis

Write a paragraph comparing the passage from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe with the passage from "Children of the Wartime Evacuation.”

Explain how the central ideas and themes relate to one another.

Sample Response:

In both passages, the children had adults in their lives who listened to them. In The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the Professor is supportive and believes the children when they explain why four of his coats are missing. The text says, he “didn’t tell them not to be silly or not to tell lies, but believed the whole story.”   Likewise, in “Children of Wartime Evacuation,” when Joan Risley says that she wants to be evacuated a second time, her parents listen to her and send her to live in another foster home, which turns out to be very loving. Both passages share the idea that the children were valued enough to be listened to and the theme that it is important to listen to loved ones.

Explanation:

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)