“no! i will not come back to the dance club. this is the last time i am going to let her hurt my feelings.”
amanda ran up the staircase to the roof. “amanda! wait! ” ethan called. “i want to talk to you.”
“about what? ellen’s inconsiderate casting policies? the end of my career with dance happy? ” amanda asked.
“amanda, what if ellen wasn’t being inconsiderate on purpose? what if she thought it was best for everyone involved to just kill two birds with one stone? ” ethan said.
“if she thought she did what was best for everyone, she thought wrong,” amanda said. “this is the third time she has chosen someone else to dance the lead over me.”
“well, who she chose wasn’t just anyone.” ethan replied. “chelsea comes from one of the wealthiest families in our town. i think ellen picked her because donations are down this year. she wants to have funding for the rest of us to be able to dance.”
“if we choose someone to dance lead based on her family background instead of her passion for dance, haven’t we compromised the art? ” amanda said.
“if we aren’t able to keep the doors to the studio open, will it matter who is passionate about dance and who is not? ”
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based on this passage, which of the following best describes ethan?
a.
impulsive and quick-witted
b.
discouraged and betrayed
c.
very impatient and annoyed
d.
level-headed and honest

i think it's D

Explanation:

he is never discouraged or felt betrayed. he was very patient with amanda and instead of being annoyed he was helping her understand. but ethan is very level headed because he's thinking about what the dance needs and he's being honest of the things that they need to do to save the dance.

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)

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