Read the excerpt from "the tell-tale heart.” oh god! what could i do? i foamed—i raved—i swore! i swung the chair upon which i had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. it grew louder—louder—louder! and still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. was it possible they heard not? almighty god! —no, no! they heard! —they suspected! —they knew! —they were making a mockery of my horror! —this i thought, and this i think. but anything was better than this agony! anything was more tolerable than this derision! i could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! i felt that i must scream or die! and now—again! —hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! what features of gothic literature does the excerpt include? check all that apply.

Irrational behavior, an unexplained event growing and growing suspense.

Explanation:

Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Tell- Tale Heart" is about an unnamed narrator who killed a man but claims his sanity. He had hidden the body of the victim by cutting it in parts and hiding them underneath the floorboard. This poem is his story telling, his attempts in trying to prove his sanity. The excerpt in the lines provided in the question contains certain features such as irrational behavior f the narrator, the unexplained event that seems to be approaching and the growing sense of suspense that is built up. These factors give the whole story/ poem a gothic feeling, sort of a gothic literature feel.

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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