Read the excerpt from “serenade,” by edgar allan poe. and earth, and stars, and sea, and sky are redolent of sleep, as i how does poe use sound devices in the excerpt?
a.-he uses alliteration to link images of night and sleep.
b.-he uses assonance to echo the sounds of the night.
c.-he uses near rhyme to increase the lyrical impact of his words.
d.-he uses cacophony to create a disruption in the night.

The correct answer is:

a.-He uses alliteration to link images of night and sleep

Alliteration, in poetry, is a literary device which consists in the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a line of poetry. In this case Poe repeats the word "and" several times.

And earth, and stars, and sea, and sky Are redolent of sleep, as I

The correct answer is A He uses alliteration to link images of night and sleep. An alliteration is the use of words that sound the same at the beginning. We can notice it with words that have a S throughout the excerpt of this Poe's poem.

it creates a visual picture of the man.

it conveys what the scene sounds like.

it describes the actions of the boy.

it reveals the poet’s opinion of the characters.

it encourages readers to care for the characters.

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)