Example: Immediately after the Russian Civil War, fighting led to food scarcity, and a severe
drought led to a famine that was the worst disaster to strike Europe since the Middle
Ages. In July 1921, famed writer Maxim Gorky issued a plea for help to save millions of
Russian lives by providing food and medicine. Gorky's appeal did not mention the
Revolution or the Soviet government, emphasizing instead the plight of the Russian
people. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover read Gorky's statement in a newspaper
Hoover was already credited with saving more lives than anyone else in history as the
result of his work in Europe during and after World War I. Now he believed it was his
and America's duty to once again mount a massive relief effort to save Russian people.
Once aid started, eleven million people were fed each day out of nineteen thousand
kitchens. It was the largest relief effort in the world up to that point, surpassing even
the relief work during World War I. Hoover used the occasion to help American
farmers who were suffering from deflated prices and strike a blow against
international Communism by building goodwill for the United States.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that Hoover was
A. uninterested in the day-to-day suffering of ordinary people
B. an able administrator with a genuine concern for people
C. primarily a politician interested in running for president
D. a long-term supporter of the Russian government

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)

particulars about treasure island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, i take up my pen in the year of grace and go back to the time when my father kept th

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