Teaching shakespeare in a maximum security prison1. summarize the central ideas of the interview on the lines below? 2. part a: reread paragraph 2. what is the host’s likely purpose for beginning the interview segment in this way? by using rhetorical questions, the host is highlighting the ubiquity of shakespeare. by asking listeners to recall their associations with shakespeare, the host is making the interview seem more relevant to the audience. by bringing to mind more common associations with shakespeare, the host is emphasizing the remarkableness of bates’ story. by asking bates about her own memories of shakespeare, the host is attempting to learn more about the origins of her interest in shakespeare.3. part b: which quotation best supports the answer to part a? a) "a deep connection with the playwright’s words”b) "maybe you think about struggling to get through

1. The central ideas of the interview are:

The host is giving importance to Shakespeare's omnipresence in this people's lives. He asks about their associations with the author in order to generate attention in the audience and in order to know more about their lives.

2. He is trying to make the listeners part of the interview, he tries to get them into it by making them feel empathized.

3. The quotation that best supports the answer to Part A is A: "A deep connection with the playwright's words".

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)

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