2. PART B: Which detail from the poem best supports the answer to Part A? A "We were at that age when bragging rights / shined brighter than Super Bowl rings." ( Lines 19-20) B "I went back inside the shed to help dad / move a spool of fat cables" ( Lines 28-29) C "I watched, grateful dad said no, / that accusations weren’t huddled over me" ( Lines 38-39) D "Why you lying! You know / you set that fire!" ( Lines 40-41)

Hello. You forgot to say that this question is about the poem "What My Father Said". You also forgot to say that Part A affirms that the poem's theme is "Parents often know best, even when we think they don’t."

C. “I watched, grateful dad said no, / that accusations weren’t huddled over me” (Lines 38-39)

Explanation:

The poem shows the moment when the speaker's father forbade him to play with his friends in the neighborhood fields. Although the speaker was embarrassed at first, he was soon happy for his father's ban. That's because he could see that his friends were in a big mess with the neighbors and it was likely that they would be severely punished. The speaker was grateful that the father did not let him go to play with friends, which shows that parents are always wise and realize when some activity can end in confusion.

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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)