Tony read the following passage in a myth: young krishna and his friends played in the fields all day as they watched the calves. one day, as they played, agasura, an eight-mile long snake, lay down on the path. agasura opened his mouth widely, determined to swallow krishna and his friends. the great snake’s enormous mouth looked just like a cave. his tongue looked like a path, and his breath seemed like an eerie warm breeze. in a footnote, tony learned that agasura is a servant of the evil king kamsa, who is determined to kill the child, krishna. what useful background information does the footnote provide? a. it tells that in this culture, nobility, or being a king, does not always make one good. b. it tells that in this culture, the killing of humans is allowed. c. it tells that this culture has great respect for children. d. it tells that snakes are worshipped in this culture.

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)