Click to review the online content. Then answer the question(s) below, using complete sentences. Scroll down to view additional questions. Sample Definition Essay Why do writers use allusions?

Writers use allusions to refer to people or elements that can contextualize the text and make it richer and more understandable.

Explanation:

The allusion is a figure of speech that allows an author to make references to other authors, people and works in his text. This guarantees a tintertextuality that, in addition to stylizing the text, allows contextualization, increases the meaning of the text and presents the knowledge and the amount of information the text presents. This figure of speech has a stylistic character and is very efficient and popular, and can be seen in several works.

Example: My father always supported my ideas and this gave me the strength to continue following my dreams, some did not come true, but "I did it in my way".

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)