Most people read some piece of nonfiction every day of their lives. we are surrounded by news, opinion pieces, political speeches, and essays. think of a piece of nonfiction you’ve read recently that stuck with you after you read it. it should be a piece of nonfiction that was so engaging that you wanted to share it with friends. perhaps it was one of the pieces of nonfiction from this unit. describe the work, its context and purpose, and explain why it stuck with you. use that piece to explain how nonfiction compares to other types of writing. consider elements that are shared across types of writing and elements that are different in nonfiction. what elevates a nonfiction article in a magazine into a work of literature? what allows a piece written for a specific informative, persuasive, or other purpose to emerge as something more enduring?

"facing the rising sun of our new day begun

let us march on till victory is won.",

because the rising sun is a symbol of hope.

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)