Veterans day was created to commemorate the end of the world war i fighting on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
what is the best denotation and connotation of the word commemorate?

The denotation of the word commemorate is "to make memories together."  This is the literal meaning of the word. Connotation refers to the emotions or feelings that a word can evoke. In the context of Veterans Day, that emotion or feeling is solemness.

Explanation:

Denotation is the very literal meaning of the word in frank terms. To commemorate means in a literal sense to make memories together. It is the process of celebrating or recognizing a person or thing in terms of the contributions they made. Etymology is the study of the origins of words and commemorate originates from Latin in the sixteenth century and means "brought to remembrance."

Connotation has a different meaning than denotation. Connotation refers to the emotions or feelings that a word can evoke. In this sense, the word commemorate evokes solemness for many people and that to commemorate something is to recognize the contributions it or they made. It is the idea that we owe gratitude and respect to the soldiers who make a sacrifice in the battles and other events of WWI on Veterans Day.  

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)