Read the excerpt from president clinton's 2001 farewell address.

in all the work i have done as president - every decision i have made, every executive action i have taken, every bill i have proposed and signed - i've tried to give all americans the tools and conditions to build the future of our dreams in a good society with a strong economy, a cleaner environment, and a freer, safer, more prosperous world.

which word create rhythm in the excerpt?

"our"
"every"
"americans"
"president"

B) every.

Explanation: Rhythm is a tool often used when given a speech because it helps to emphasize certain ideas or phrases, and also helps to better capture the attention of an audience. One way to help to create rhythm in a speech is by the use of repetition, in the given excerpt from President Clinton's 2001 farewell address, we can see the use of the repetition of the word "every" in three ocassions, this helps to create rhythm.

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)

a. is the correct answer