Poe's short story "the fall of the house of usher" was published in 1839, and bierce's short story "the middle toe to the right foot" was published in 1890. in what way are the passages alike? a. in both passages, the authors describe the houses with a sense of awe and wonderment. b. both passages describe houses that have an air of rot, gloom, and loneliness. c. in both passages, the authors describe the houses with a sense of utmost terror and fear. d. both passages describe houses that are huge and double-storied.

The right answer is letter b: the houses in both passages are described as having an air of rot, gloom and loneliness.  

Poe's character describes Mr. Roderick Usher's house as one he cannot help to consider a "melancholy view" where "there  was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart" . Said house caused an "insufferable gloom" in the observer's spirit.

In a similar thread of thought, Bierce's tale about the Manton house describes its looks as sufficient to affirm it is "haunted". He describes the house as "slowly falling into decay" as "cobwebs weave in the angles of the walls like strips of rotting lace..." all while standing "a little way off the loneliest reach of the Marshall and Harriston road".

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)