In "crossroads: a sad vaudeville," what happens when the woman lifts her veil to reveal her aging appearance to the man? what does this event reveal about each of the characters?
identify and explain an example of dramatic irony from the play, "crossroads: a sad vaudeville." what is the purpose of dramatic irony in the story?

for the first  question, both of the characters are searching for something. they have their very own inspiration. the man is appeared dull in that he hopes to see a more youthful lady, and he didn't understand that this senior lady is the one he's searching for.  

for the second inquiry, it is the point at which he has discovered the individual he's searching for and she is directly before him, yet he neglected to see her.

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)

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.