“the romantic era” is the first unit in this course that has featured literature in prose form (novels). today, fiction is the most popular form of literature, and romantic poetry especially is said to appeal to a broader audience than the poetry of earlier eras. as a reader, do you feel this is true? how accessible do you find the literature of the romantic era? which texts were more accessible than others? what about these texts made them easier to comprehend and/or enjoy?

As a reader, I believe that fiction is currently the most popular and accessible form of literature. This is because fiction has the power to trap the reader in a story with different events and situations, which leaves readers impressed and curious about the consequences that these events will cause, as well as being curious about the conclusion of the facts and the arrest of the characters. In addition, fiction is a type of literature that is easier to understand, since it does not have as many allegories and symbolism as the texts of the romantic era.

Because of this popularity, fiction is much more accessible than literature from the romantic era. Literature from the romantic era is found more easily in libraries than in bookstores, since fiction manages to sell more copies. In addition, it is easier to find poetry from the romantic era than prose, even though poetry is more difficult to understand.

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.

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)