Read the excerpt from a personal essay titled "First Day." What is the main idea of the essay? The first day at any new school is frightening, and the first day at MacArthur Middle School was no different. I had never learned the ins and outs of any school before I had to switch to another. So I readied myself for the full impact that a first day of school would bring. However, I was surprised when I quickly learned everything about the school. I even made new friends in record time. For the first time, I felt that I was a part of a school and that I belonged to a community. My time at MacArthur Middle School was one of the happiest times in my life.

B is the correct answer He went from saying that his old school frightened him which we can infer that he did not like the school very much nor did he have a lot of friends. He goes on to lists the things he found out about the school. In the beginning he did not want change to happen. He was afraid But when he got to know what the school was about, he got comfortable and he liked it, Hereford creating unexpected happiness.

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 a: perseverance !