Read the excerpt from a contemporary story. lara was one of the brightest computer programmers her professor had ever seen. she shared her gifts by tutoring other students, many of whom were much older. it was a common sight to see her staying late in the library, huddled over her trusted, beat-up laptop, someone. so when she retreated with her laptop to her room and refused to leave, it created a wave of discontent at the school. which sentence from the passage best supports the conclusion that the author was influenced by amaterasu? lara was one of the brightest computer programmers her professor had ever seen. she shared her gifts by tutoring other students, many of whom were much older. it was a common sight to see her staying late in the library, huddled over her trusted, beat-up laptop, someone. so when she retreated with her laptop to her room and refused to leave, it created a wave of discontent at the school.

D) So when she retreated with her laptop to her room and refused to leave, it created a wave of discontent at the school.

Explanation: Amaterasu is the Goddess of the Sun in Japanese Mythology. According to the myth, she enclosed herself in a cave, after seeing the terrible things his brother had done, and the world was left in darkness. In the given excerpt the sentence that best supports the conclusion that the author was influenced by Amaterasu is option D, because she confines herself like Amaterasu did in the story.

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)

d

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