Read the excerpt from irving’s "the mysterious stranger." his eyes rolled upwards, until nothing but the whites were visible; his hands were clasped together, until the fingers were deeply imprinted in the flesh. when the music expressed the dying agony, his face gradually sunk upon his knees; and at the touching words resounding through the church, “jesu mori,” sobs burst from him uncontrolled. which statement best describes irving’s tone in the excerpt? his pious tone highlights the spirituality of the excerpt. his melancholy tone highlights the despair of the excerpt. his condemning tone highlights the judgment of the excerpt. his serene tone highlights the beauty of the excerpt.

Answer :

His melancholy tone highlights the despair of the excerpt.

In this excerpt from Irving's "The Mysterious Stranger" the tone is angry and melancholy. The reader can clearly make out from the description of the character that he is suffering from internal tensions and worries. He is portrayed as a character who doesn't know what to do with his life.

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)