Narrative writing An Unexpected Visitor

The Unexpected Visitor It was a rainy night. The dark clouds blocked the moon light from hitting the ground. Down on Earth, the Evergreens and other plants and trees shook violently in the wind. The rain water from above crashed onto them violently. The ground was covered with leaves and broken branches, barely visible during a night like this. There was also a great amount of fog throughout the woods. The huge mountains in the East were barely visible from here. There was a small town nearby, just across the road. The small trees around the houses were being illuminated by the faint lights of the lanterns that were put outside. Everything was silent, for it was late at night. There was a sudden chill in the air, much colder than…He looked out, but there was nothing there; the road was clear. “Hmm! It was nothing. Probably a bunch of wolves,” he said to himself in his deep voice.

There was some scratching noise outside of his room, and he walked angrily to open the door. He looked out; all the lights were off. He switched them on and saw the black figure standing a few feet in front of him. He accidently switched off the light, and realized his mistake. He turned the lights back on. There was nothing there. “I must be seeing things!” he exclaimed. Connor heard a woman’s voice call out his name. “Connor, help me! Someone! Please! Help!” said a bloodcurdling voice. He walked further into the room and tried to keep his eyes open. Everything was where it was supposed to be. He checked the kitchen. Nothing. He checked the stairway. Nothing. He even went downstairs and into the living room. Nothing. After that, he went and checked the doors and windows. He made sure everything was sealed shut. “Hello? Who is it? Hello?” There was no answer. And as he walked to check the last window, he saw his reflection. But the thing was, there was the dark figure again. Connor quickly turned around and started sweating. His heart was beating like crazy. He calmed down and became more vigilant. He looked around and saw it again, but it disappeared.

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explanation:

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)