The allusion in this excerpt helps the reader understand that

the speaker enjoyed a variety of books and authors.

Mrs. Long was limited in what her library could offer.

the speaker had trouble reading more difficult books.

Mrs. Long shared the speaker's love of poetry.

Read the excerpt from "A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long."

Mrs. Long asking what are you looking for today when I wanted Leaves of Grass or Alfred North Whitehead

The allusion in this excerpt helps the reader understand that

the speaker enjoyed a variety of books and authors.

Mrs. Long was limited in what her library could offer.

the speaker had trouble reading more difficult books.

Mrs. Long shared the speaker’s love of poetry.

the speaker enjoyed a variety of books and authors.

Explanation:

An allusion is a literary term that is used to describe mentioning something indirectly.

From the excerpt given, the narrator says that Mrs Long was asking what she wanted from the library but she really wanted to read Leaves of Grass or Alfred North Whitehead and this alludes to the fact that the speaker enjoyed a variety of books and authors, so the answer is A.

there are number of topics. you can pick any one of these topics:

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)