Read the excerpt from The Diary of Anne Frank. It is early morning, July 1942. The rooms are bare, as before, but they are now clean and orderly. Which best explains the purpose of this stage direction, which opens scene 2?

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Read the excerpt from The Diary of Anne Frank.

It is early morning, July 1942. The rooms are bare, as before, but they are now clean and orderly.

Which best explains the purpose of this stage direction, which opens scene 2?

A. to remind the reader that cleanliness was not very important to the Franks during the war.

B. to demonstrate to the audience that Miep was unable to keep the attic orderly during the war

C. to remind the reader that this scene takes place three years before the war ended

D. to demonstrate to the audience that this scene takes place years after the war ended

The purpose of the stage direction that opens scene 2 is:

C. to remind the reader that this scene takes place three years before the war ended .

Explanation:

Scene 2 of Act I of The Diary of Anne Frank is opposed to scene 1 precisely by the condition of the rooms. Take a look at the stage direction for scene 1:

The curtain rises on an empty stage. It is late afternoon,  November 1945.

The rooms are dusty, the curtains in rags. Chairs and tables are  overturned.

Not just the date, but the state in which the rooms are shows that terrible and difficult times were seen by them. This is after the war, after all the suffering. On the other hand, scene 2 goes back to 1942, to before the destruction and pain Anne and her family would have to endure in those very rooms. That is why they are clean and orderly. They are yet to see the horror of the war.

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 sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)