Which pair of lines demonstrates slant rhyme? A.
Fingers drumming on the desk / Clock hands choose to be statuesque.

B.
Petals bent beneath the dew’s weight / Sun appears to dry them straight.

C.
Pastel-painted, basket poised on the tenth, / wheels whirl me to the shore all summer month.

D.
Chocolate lollipops and a heart-shaped balloon / "Be my valentine" they all croon.

C.

Explanation:

A slant rhyme is also known as a half rhyme, a near rhyme, and a lazy rhyme. Rhymes of this nature either share the same vowels or consonant sounds. It is not a perfect rhyme, which has identical stressed vowels and consonants.

Choice A rhymes the words desk and statuesque. This is a perfect rhyme.

Choice B rhymes the words weight and straight. This is a perfect rhyme.

Choice C rhymes the words tenth and month. This is NOT a perfect rhyme. Both of these words end with identical consonant sounds; "th." This makes it a slant rhyme.

Choice D rhymes the words balloon and croon. This is a perfect rhyme.

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)

caliban is prospero's slave in the shakespear's play "the tempest"