Read the passage and then complete these sentences. the land of biscay by a. e. housman (excerpt) looking from the land of biscay over ocean to the sky on the far-beholding foreland paced at even grief and i. there, as warm the west was burning and the east uncoloured cold, down the waterway of sunset drove to shore a ship of gold. gold of mast and gold of cordage, gold of sail to sight was she, and she glassed her ensign golden in the waters of the sea. oh, said i, my friend and lover, take we now that ship and sail outward in the ebb of hues and steer upon the sunset trail; leave the night to fall behind us and the clouding counties leave: for you and me is yonder, in a haven west of eve. under hill she neared the harbour till the gazer could behold on the golden deck the steersman standing at the helm of gold, man and ship and sky and water burning in a single flame; and the mariner of ocean, he was calling as he came: from the highway of the sunset he was shouting on the sea, "landsman of the land of biscay, have you for grief and me? " the narrator is full of (loneliness/love/friendliness/grief ). the poem ends on a (contemplative/argumentative/patrio tic/pessimistic) tone, which is common to many of housman’s poems.

Grief & Pessimistic.

  plan: i will begin with a quotation about the importance of unity in a community. then, i will state my claim that an activity will unite our school by creating a shared vision, purpose, and direction. in the body, i will use three main points that describe the different avenues the students can take: through a variety of clubs, through a special event, or through an awareness week. i will provide evidence about other towns that have unity activities and the kinds of events that they include. pictures will illustrate my three main points in action. for the ending, i will restate the main idea in a new way and pose a question to keep the audience thinking. 

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)