Read the excerpt from "wherefore art thou romeo? ” but i didn’t sleep. i thought about how utterly miserable it would feel to mess up on stage, plus get a vile grade in english class, plus watch allison gloat. i got up before my alarm went off, arrived at school early, and slogged through the day like a sleepwalker. finally the last bell chimed. "ready? ” shondra asked, when we were alone again in the spare classroom. we had two hours until we had to meet our teacher backstage. which statement best describes how the pacing of events heightens tension?   the slow pace highlights how exhausted the narrator was on her big day.   the slow pace gives the narrator time to carefully plot out her next move.   the fast pace intensifies the conflict between the narrator and allison.   the fast pace increases the narrator’s urgency in learning her lines.

The fast pace intensifies the conflict between the narrator and Allison.

In this excerpt, the events of the story are told at a fast pace. In just a few lines, we learn everything about the character's day. We know, however, that the narrator did not spend the day learning her lines. Option C is the one that makes the most sense, as the pacing is fast and we know that the narrator has a conflict with Allison. This is shown by the sentence: "I thought about how utterly miserable it would feel to... watch Allison gloat."

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)