Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

i shall pay you, but not today. our elders say that the sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them. i shall pay my big debts first.

q : this excerpt from achebe’s things fall apart is an example of the igbo’s frequent use of in conversation.

a )folklore
b) myth
c )proverbs
d ) similes

C. Proverbs

A proverb is a passed-down saying that can be almost poetic in a sense.  The proverb will typically be short and widely known.  A type of proverb you may be familiar with is “What goes up must come down” or “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”  We can see the following proverb in the excerpt:  The sun will shine on those who kneel under them. We can see that this saying takes on a poetic element, and it is indicated that it is a saying that has been passed down with the words “Our elders say…”  

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)

the term that describes the best dear evan hansen