Read the sentence from gulliver's travels as thennews my arrival spread through the kingdom, it brought prodigious numbers of rich, , and curious people to see me, so the villages were almost emptied and great neglect of tillage and household affairs must have ensued which context clue from this sentence would be most in determining the meaning of prodigious? a. the phrase "rich , idle, and curious people suggests that a great variety of people visited gulliver b. the phrase "the news of my arrival suggests that gulliver's arrival was not a secret c. the cause "great neglect of and household affairs must have ensued suggests that the people had more important tasks. d. the clause that the villages were almost emptied suggests that almost everyone in the kingdom visited gulliver

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)