Hurry im timed read the excerpt from "the legacy of billy mason." "i told you i should have stayed home! " billy protested plaintively. "i'm missing the first game of the playoffs, and my team really needs me! " "i understand—" began his father. "no, you don't understand," said billy, "because you never cared about anything like i care about baseball, not in your whole life." in the context of the story, the excerpt is ironic because billy's father a. is actually a very good baseball player. b. named his son after a baseball player. c. stayed away from the playoffs. d. is more concerned about the family's vacation.

b. named his son after a baseball player.

In "The Legacy of Billy Mason," Billy believes his father does not understand his passion for baseball. This causes him to be angry and frustrated towards him. He tells him that he has never cared about anything in his life the way that Billy cares about baseball. However, Billy does not know that his father actually named him after catcher Billy Mason.

b.named his son after a baseball player.

Explanation:

Something that is ironic is the opposite of what is expected. In the excerpt the boy tells his father that he "never cared about anything like I care about baseball, not in your whole life." This is ironic because the boy doesn't understand that his father does have a love for baseball because he named his son after a famous catcher, Billy Mason. One might also be able to infer that the father does care about his son as much as his son cares about baseball.

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)

d. the two authors are in awe of nature; their experiences, reveal that time in nature can change people.

explanation: