"the only completely stationary object in the room was an
enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed
up as though upon an anchored balloon. they were both in
white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if
they had just been blown back in after a short flight around
the house."
- f. scott fitzgerald, the great gatsby
in the passage, what does the imagery of weightlessness suggest?
a. the room is somebody's temporary home.
b. the women are not steady.
c. the women are very thin.
d. the women are not good friends.

The room is somebody's temporary home is the correct answer.

Explanation:

At the beginning of this paragraph, the speaker mentions, literally, that "the only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch", meaning that anything or anyone else could be changed. The speakers mentions "two young women" whose dresses where white, and the words the speaker chose to define them or their environment are also related to movement, such as ripple and flutter. Looking at these two words, it is also important to mention that the actions are not controlled by a human power (at least not ripple), which could be understood as a permanent movement from one place to another.

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)