Read the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher," by Edgar Allan Poe. Consider how the author uses literary techniques to create mood.
Write a well-developed essay outline that analyzes the mood in the story. Include specific details
from the text to support your analysis. As you write, remember your essay will be scored based
on how well you:
• develop a multi-paragraph response to the assigned topic that clearly communicates your
thesis to the audience.
• support your thesis with meaningful examples and references from the text, carefully citing
any direct quotes.
• organize your essay in a clear and logical manner, including an introduction, body, and
conclusion.
use well-structured sentences and language that are appropriate for your audience.
• conform to the conventions of standard American English.

to create suspense.

abruptly

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)