(1) Mass hysteria is a type of group behavior that involves a widely held and contagious anxiety, usually as a result of a false belief. (2) The reaction in part of the country to the 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds is one example. (3) This dramatization of Martians landing on Earth was so realistic that people began to panic and flee before the realization set in that they were reacting to a radio play. (4) The medieval witch-hunts are another good example of mass hysteria. (5) They were based on the belief that witches were the cause of many problems in late medieval society, including natural disasters and illness. (6) Those accused of being witches (mainly old women) were tortured until they confessed or they died. (7) As many as 500,000 people were burned to death by the clergy between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. B5. The transition that signals the definition and example pattern in this paragraph is: (Type one word. Then click “GO.”)

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)

answer: the first one climax ,the second   is plot

explanation: