Which theme is expressed in this excerpt from rudyard kipling’s “if”? if you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with kings—nor lose the common touch, if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, if all men count with you, but none too much; if you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, yours is the earth and everything that’s in it, and—which is more—you’ll be a man, my son! a. it is most important to be kind to the poor. b. a balanced life makes boys become good men. c. running and jogging maintain one’s health. d. being rich should be a person’s ultimate goal.

B. A balanced life makes boys become good men.

Explanation:

The importance of thei excerpt is the fact that a men that is able to mantain a balanced life, to be the same with the rich and with the poor, with the educated and uneducated will make him able to become a good men, this balance and humbleness makes a boy become a man. The importance of giving the adecuate importance to the good and bad things in life is what would make a balanced 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)

a. both connotative and denotative.