Sharks Teeth By Carter The day teeth was cool hung air so thick you could almost sparking in the dim sunlightThere were days, early in the this one, where it seemed there was more water in the air than in the bayWe had beached the boat and stepped out on the recently cleared spit of land. The ground light dusting of white sand over an under of dried black It looked like a recently frosted chocolate cake, though the frosting was spread a bit thin for my taste. The ground was but we from experience that it was full of crab boles, and would be underwater at the super tico. Mysteriously, to us anyway someone wanted to build a house We come to spots to look for artifacts. Our beach, our summer , had been a fishing camp for as long as anyone living could remember. The oldest to travelers coming down to the edge sealining up to their wagon with salted to take back homeOld decaying cabins still lined the beach. Rotting nets, hung out to in the last centurydecorated their weathered . Their stories in our minds. The fishermen who, tanned and wrinkled from sun and salt hauled their nets of splashing to cheers from the waiting crowds The bounty of the sea lightened everyone's hearts and the smell of roasting filled the camp Women fanned themselves from sento. Children in the shallow of the baywas a scene we had noted out youngstersart imaginary bridge to a we would never know.
What is one way the narrator connects the present moment to the past
By describing imagined
By the land as if it were food By details about the environment
By recounting his youth

Sharks' Teeth By Langston Carter The day we found the sharks' teeth was foggy and cool. Moisture hung in the air so thick you could almost see it sparkling in the dim sunlight. There were days, early in the summer like this one, where it seemed there was more water in the air than in the bay.

Sharks' Teeth By Langston Carter The day we found the ..

Explanation:

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)