Read the lines from the beginning of beowulf. listen! we have heard of the glory of the spear-danes in the old days, the kings of tribes— how noble princes showed great courage! which best explains why the author includes this exposition?
a. to look forward to future achievements
b. to scold those who fail to remember
c. to lament that courage has died out
d. to connect past glory to the present

The answer is d) To connect past glory to the present

Explanation:

In the prologue, this lines show the reader the history of the Danes, the courage of their nobility. This will be later conrasted in the poem with the current state.

a dictionary is the correct answer

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)