Question 25 (1 point) “the television program was suddenly interrupted for a news bulletin. it wasn't clear at first as to what the bulletin was about, since the announcer, like all announcers, had a serious speech impediment. for about half a minute, and in a state of high excitement, the announcer tried to say, "ladies and gentlemen." he finally gave up, handed the bulletin to a ballerina to read. the word impediment means question 25 options: obstacle loud voice bad timing fungus question 26 (1 point) in this story, people with above-average intelligence have to question 26 options: watch a lot of television every night marry someone with less intelligence report weekly to the handicapper general wear mental-handicap transmitters question 27 (1 point) based on the number of handicaps harrison wears, you can conclude he is question 27 options: the same as everyone else dangerous to others in society above average in many ways glad he doesn’t live at home question 28 (1 point) what did harrison bergeron proclaim to the people at the television studio? question 28 options: hooah! i am the emperor! i have stormed the castle. bow down to me! question 29 (1 point) what is the shedding of harrison’s handicaps symbolic of? question 29 options: freedom restriction responsibility suppression

restriction

Explanation:

he may have had a lisp or stutter

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)

the correct order is:

you're your own worst enemy:

they're going to say what they say, but

their opinions aren't holding you

back. it's your self-defeatist

attitude that's keeping your work

from getting its due.