Within a farewell to arms, what would be the best definition of the word “sarcastically”? question 1 options: a) a tone that signifies no emotion. b) speaking in a way that uses irony to mock or make fun of someone or something. c) a tone that is respectful. d) a tone that is complimentary.

b) speaking in a way that uses irony to mock or make fun of someone or something

The right answer is the B) Speaking in a way that uses irony to mock or make fun of someone or something.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a bit on the answer, it can be added that sarcasm, from the Latin sarcasmus and the Greek sarkasmos ("a hurtful remark"), is a very cruel and biting form of irony or mockery that aims at offending someone or something. Sarcasm is also used to convey contempt. A Farewell to Arms, like other novels by Hemingway, speaks of loss, death, pain, dispair, disillusionment, violence, destruction and war. The use of sarcasm, or sarcastic remarks, in his characters seems, therefore, justified, or it can be understood as a mechanism that helps them to cope with the challenging and often devastating life events that they experience.    

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)

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