Answer the following questions based on the Orr article, "Verbicide." You may need to look up some of the words before you're able to answer the questions. Do your best. Respond to at least two of your classmates' responses.

1. Why does Orr say that "We are losing the capacity for articulate intelligence about the things that matter most"? Explain his reasoning.

2. Look up the words postmodernism and deconstruction and respond to Orr's assertion that our inability to communicate intelligently is related to these philosophical views. How do these philosophical views impact the quality of our discourse.

3. Why does Orr assert that universities and colleges teach that, "everything is relative, hence largely inconsequential". What is meant by this statement? Look up philosophical relativism to discuss this question.

4. What are some of the reasons Orr gives for the decline of our language.

why biographies are better than plays

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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)