Which excerpt from "the monkey's paw" would be considered the story's climax?
a. he heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.
b. unconscious of his wife's shriek, the old man smiled faintly, put out his hands like a sightless man, and dropped, a senseless heap, to the floor.
c. a cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate beyond.
d. in the huge new cemetery, some two miles distant, the old people buried their dead, and came back to a house steeped in shadow and silence.

The correct answer is option A.

Explanation:

The moment considered the climax of The Monkey's Paw is when Mr. White finally agrees to make his third wish, which was to make his son disappear.

His fear was that he had returned from the death in the form of a monster and could hurt him and his wife.

During a moment of great tension and despair, Mr. White takes the Monkey's Paw and makes his third and last wish.

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)

c. to understand which information will best persuade your readers. (apex) correct answer.