Read the excerpt from "the general prologue" to the canterbury tales.

but natheless, while i have time and space,
ere that i farther in this tale pace,
me thinketh it accordant to reason,
to tell you alle the condition
of each of them, so as it seemed me,
and which they weren, and of what degree;
and eke in what array that they were in

according to this passage, what is chaucer about to reveal?

a: his tale about a pilgrimage just like the one he is now on

b: his observations about who each pilgrim is, what his/her position in society is, and what he/she looks like

c: his reasons for going on this pilgrimage to canterbury

d: his annoyance with the host for interrupting his tale

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)

b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate.