What does the following example illustrate? adreste drew up her carved reclining-chair, alcippe brought a carpet of soft-piled fleece, phylo carried her silver basket given by alcandre the king gave menelaus a pair of bathing-tubs in silver, two tripods, ten bars of gold, and apart from these his wife presented helen her own precious gifts: a golden spindle, a basket that ran on casters, solid silver polished off with rims of gold.

The correct answer is EPIC CATALOGUE. This is a list of people, things, or attributes, usually prolonged to some measurement of epic literature, more particularly epic poetry. This kind of poetry is a long narrative poem telling heroic performances. This device was specifically used by ancient and oral literatures, although it can also be found in modern poets.

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)