In poe's "the oval portrait," a delirious narrator discovers a book on a bedside table. the narrator begins reading the book, and the remainder of "the oval portrait" becomes a telling of the selection he is reading. what structure does this represent? a) flashback b) exposition c) frame narrative d) simple plot structure

The correct answer is option C) frame narrative.

Frame fiction, also known as frame tales or frame narrative is a literary technique used to encase a story within another, sometimes  larger story. In Edgar Allan Poe's tale, The Oval Portrait this technique is cleverly employed by the author to then direct the reader's attention to the work that the delirious narrator is reading.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is also an example of this technique. In more recent times the Argentinean short story writer Jorge Luis Borges frequently uses this technique to introduce apocryphal texts (mostly non existent). H.P. Lovecraft did the same with his continual references to non existent books such as the Necronomicon.  He did so to such extent that nowadays some people insist the Necronomicon actually exists and there are in fact, some versions of it in printed circulation.

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)