1. Anecdote: What is the story? What are the set of events that move from one thing to another?

2. Bait: What keeps us reading from one part to another? What is a question that the reader assumes is going to be answered in the story?

3. Moment of Reflection: Why should we care about this story? What is the bigger meaning of the story beyond the anecdote? What lesson does it teach that readers can relate to?

What is the anecdote in "The Gift of the Magi"?

What is the bait in "The Gift of the Magi"?

What is the moment of reflection in "The Gift of the Magi"?

a dictionary is the correct answer

it can be many reasons such as they could want they're family to live and explore more two. might just want to be nice.

3.some say for the greater good or future.

4. they might want to have they're baby,kid,family explore more. people just sacrifice.

true fact:

someone is sacrificed everyday.

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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