Nursing home by Hayes Davis PART A: Which statement best expresses the theme of the poem?
A - Age and illness have the ability to affect our most cherished moments.
B - People often grow resentful of older family members as they age and change.
C - It is impossible to continue to face someone when they no longer know or love you.
D - No matter how much someone forgets, they always remember those they love.
I know the answer is D but I don't know the answer to part B

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to part A?
A - “she’s almost as happy / about my degree as she was when I walked in the room.” ( Lines 4-5)
B - “Mommy De recognizes my diploma. / Her smile reaches her eyes, she parts her lips,” ( Lines 1-2)
C - “I feel a little guilty that mom / has to call herself ‘Bethy,’ to answer the inevitable / ‘Who are you,’ coax a smile of semi-memory.” ( Lines 10-12)
D - “Even my aunt Annette, who shares that name with her mother, / lives in the same city and visits more often than me” ( Lines 18-19)

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)

the answer is a.

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