If you wanted to sail, it was impossible to keep a precise record of time. and at sea, if you can’t tell the time, you don’t how far east or west you are. it is relatively easy to calculate latitude – your distance north or south of the equator – by measuring the height of the sun above the horizon at noon; but this won’t let you calculate longitude – your position east or west. –a history of the world in 100 objects, neil macgregor which context clue can best you determine the meaning of the word latitude? what type of context clue is this?

your distance north or south of the equator.

Explanation:

A context clue can be defined as the hints that a writer or author provide within the same sentence. This tool is used by the author while giving clues about the difficult or unusual words that appear in the sentence. Usually, the writer gives these hints in the same sentence.  

There are two context clues given by the writer in the given passage: latitude and longitude.  

The context clue that has been given for the word 'latitude' is 'your distance from north or south of the equator.'

This is an example of punctuation context clue. A punctuation context clue is the one in which the meaning of the word is stated within commas, dashes, or parentheses. In the given case, the author has used dash punctuation mark to give hints.

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)