Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.

my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.

which best describes an element of magic realism used by garcia in this excerpt?

she shows the close relationship that pilar had with her father.
she connects the events to the colonial history of latin america.
she is a modern writer developing a story about spanish history.
she characterizes columbus’s discovery as an extraordinary event.

She connects the events to the colonial history of Latin America.

Explanation:

Magic realism is a style of fiction that combines realistic elements of the world with fantastic elements. The genre is most often associated with Latin American literature, and with authors such as Gabriel García Márquez, Miguel Angel Asturias, Jorge Luis Borges, Elena Garro, Mireya Robles, Juan Rulfo, Rómulo Gallegos, Arturo Uslar Pietri, and Isabel Allende. However, many writers have employed it in other contexts. Due to its connection with Latin America, magic realism often references the colonial legacy of the region.

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)