Read the excerpt from "A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long.” She would go to the big library uptown and I now know
Hat in hand to ask to borrow so that I might borrow...
But she nonetheless brought the books
Back and I held them to my chest
Close to my heart

How does the time period in which the poem takes place contribute to the reader’s understanding of this excerpt?

It shows how books provided the speaker with an escape from social injustices.
It illustrates how involved people were with the social conflicts in society and what they did to overcome them.
It gives the reader a clear picture of what Mrs. Long considered to be the most important issues of her day.
It provides specific details about what the speaker and the people in her community thought about civil rights.

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 and b are the correct answer to what your looking fior

the answer is b