i met a traveller from an antique land who said: two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert near them, on the sand, half sunk, a shattered visage [face] lies, whose frown, and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, tell that its sculptor well those passions read which still survive, stamped on these lifeless things, the hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; and on the pedestal these words appear: "my name is ozymandias, king of kings: look on my works, ye mighty, and despair! " nothing beside remains. round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare the lone and level sands stretch far away. which of the following sentences best describes the dramatic irony in the poem?

a the traveler knows he will see the statue in the desert.
b the traveler knows who the king was.
c the audience knows the traveler has seen the statue in the desert.
d the audience knows the boastful king's power did not last.

D. The audience knows the boastful king's power did not last.

Explanation:

Irony is a figure of speech used in literature that will ridicule some situation or person, it shows the contradiction of things. It can be used by choosing a word that express exactly the opposite of its means. The dramatic irony in the poem is the words that appear in the pedestal "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" but yet nothing was beside the pedestal but only the sand, a desert.

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)