“The Necklace”: Pre-Reading Activity Directions: Read the text below, then record your response to the prompt in the space provided. Be prepared to share your thoughts. We group people in society based on social classes. A social class is a group of people with similar wealth, influence, and status. The aristocracy is a social class that rose to prominence in Europe during the 18th century. Aristocrats had more wealth, power and influence than any other social class. Many of them were part of Europe’s nobility, which meant they had titles like Duke and Duchess, or Count and Countess. These titles were either given to people to honor them or passed down to them as part of their family tradition and heritage. Aristocrats in the past had huge influence on how the royalty and governments ruled over the country, as they usually held a great deal of the nation's wealth. With so much money they tended to live a life of leisure, throwing lavish parties and expensive balls. These exclusive social gatherings were important to the aristocracy. They were often seen an as opportunity for members of the aristocracy to show off their wealth. Beauty was also a mark of social class, and women would compete with one another to see who could wear the most elaborate dress and the most expensive jewelry. Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” is about a beautiful woman who believes she should be a member of the French aristocracy. With this in mind, consider the following statement: Beautiful people are treated differently. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain your perspective. Your response needs to be 5-7 sentences long. Please use BLUE ink when typing your response.

gilgamesh is an epic hero from birth, as he's brought to the world by the hand of several gods who shaped him with the goal of saving humanity. there's a passage from the text that reads "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull". this is a great example that show some of the super-human qualities that the gods gave gilgamesh upon his birth.

as gilgamesh grows he has to face many challenges that put his heroism to task. the courage he displays along the way, prove that he's ready to live up to the godly qualities brought upon him. at one point he has to overcome a wild beast by the name of hubamba "whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death", as the text reads. the actions taken by gilgamesh, beating the beast with the use of his super-human force, examplify why he shoud be thought of as an epic hero.

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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)

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