He stops at the ocean’s edge, smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her, and stretches out a colossal hand. his blue eyes are like lasers in the night. the beams bounce off his fingernails, five hard blue shields. they scan the beach, illuminating shells and sleeping gulls, then focus on her. the porch turns blue, ultraviolet. her hands, too, are blue. celia squints through the light, which dulls her eyesight and blurs the palms on the shore. which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?

The options for this question are:

A) “smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her”

B) “and stretches out a colossal hand”

C) “His blue eyes are like lasers in the night.”

D) “The porch turns blue, ultraviolet.”

B) “and stretches out a colossal hand”

Explanation: A hyperbole is a figure of speech that consist in a exaggeration of a statement or a claim that is not supposed to be taken literally. In the given excerpt we can see an example of hyperbole in the phrase "and stretches out a colossal hand" the word colossal means something that is extremely large or big, so in this case, the expression "colossal hand" is an exaggeration.

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)