Which sentence describes an example of situational irony in gulliver's travels? a. instead of horses pulling carriages full of people, people pull carriages full of horses. b. gulliver takes voyages to a series of imaginary lands, each with a different culture. c. gulliver uses the phrase "brute beasts" to refer to animals that are wise and cultured. d. gulliver worries over what to eat in the country of the houyhnhnms.

A) Instead of horses pulling carriages full of people, people pull carriages full of horses.

Explanation: an irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems contrary to what one expects and it often has an amusing result. A situational irony is when what happens is the contrary to what the characters or the audience are expecting to happen. From the given options, the sentence that describes an example of situational irony in Gulliver's Travels, is the corresponding to option A, because it is the contrary of what one would expect.

Instead of horses pulling carriages full of people, people pull carriages full of horses

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)