Emily dickinson is considered one of america’s greatest poets, but few of her poems were published in her lifetime. born in 1830, dickinson grew up in amherst, massachusetts, and attended school there and in nearby holyoke. she was no doubt familiar with other popular new england writers of her day, especially ralph waldo emerson. dickinson had a fairly normal social life until she reached her mid-twenties, after which she rarely left the home she inherited from her parents. instead, she may have been able to understand the world better by viewing it from a distance. with a sharp eye and keen intellect, she pondered nature, friendship, love, and death in poems of powerful simplicity. only about seven of her poems were published during her lifetime, all without her consent. when she died in 1886, relatives found over 1,500 more of dickinson’s poems, many of them written on napkins and slips of paper neatly tied up with ribbons. which word best describes the author’s tone in this passage? informal formal humorous negative

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)