When the raven first taps at the chamber door in “the raven” by edgar allan poe, it is midnight. what is the speaker’s first reaction to the tapping? he hopes that it is a “rare and radiant maiden.” he believes it is lenore. he suspects it is someone who is lost. he thinks it is a visitor.

The correct answer is He thinks it is a visitor.

Explanation:

At first, the first reaction of the speaker is to believe that there is a visitor who comes to knock on his door and decides to ignore him. Then, by continuing to listen to the loudest and loudest blows, he apologizes to “the visitor” saying that he did not want to ignore him, but he did not listen.

After opening the door, he finally realizes it was the raven.

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)