Read the following excerpt from "Preludes" by T. S. Eliot: The winter evening settles down
With smell of steaks in passageways.
Six o'clock.
The burnt-out ends of smoky days.
And now a gusty shower wraps
The grimy scraps
Of withered leaves about your feet
And newspapers from vacant lots;
The showers beat
On broken blinds and chimney-pots,
And at the corner of the street
A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps.
And then the lighting of the lamps.
Which statement best explains how the poet's use of figurative language in
this excerpt conveys the tone?

A. The speaker conveys a sarcastic tone by comparing a city scene
to a peaceful natural setting.
B. The speaker conveys a hopeful tone by comparing a city scene to
a peaceful natural setting.
O c. The speaker conveys that the city is beautiful by using sensa
sensole
details to portray a pleasant scene.
D. The speaker conveys a sense of disgust by using sensory details
to portray a grimy city scene.

D. The speaker conveys a sense of disgust by using sensory details to portray a grimy city scene.

Explanation:

"Newspapers from vacant lots"

"The grimy scraps"

"And newspapers from vacant lots"

"On broken blinds and chimney-pots"

These lines are all examples of how the speaker is conveying a sense of revulsion to create the image of a grimy city scene.

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)

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.