What effect does the rhyme scheme have on the overall poem? A. The rhyming couplets allow the speaker to make and conclude humorous, sharp observations, contributing to the witty tone of the piece.
B. The rhyming couplets echo the heroic couplets of odes, satirizing the upper classes, of which the general would have been a part.
C. The poem’s slant end rhyme makes the speaker sound more common and thus his ideas speak for the average opinion of the general.
D. The poem’s alternating end rhyme creates an almost sing-song quality in the poem.

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)

your eyes are the first things that you open

i would need the available options to be listed to give you an answer.

(4) "oh, i've got better plans than that," laughed kerry. "i've got four firecrackers and two model rockets. care to join me in the backyard? "

this is the correct answer because of one simple word. "backyard"