Read the poem “dew” and answer the question.

as dew leaves the cobweb lightly threaded with stars, scattering jewels on the fence and the pasture bars; as dawn leaves the dry grass bright and the tangled weeds bearing a rainbow gem on each of their seeds; so has your love, my lover, fresh as the dawn, made me a shining road to travel on, set every common sight of tree or stone delicately alight for me alone.

which statement best supports the main theme of the poem?

a. the speaker her lover for showing her the world in fresh new ways.

b. love is a journey filled with both common and extraordinary things.

c. the beauty of nature is revealed through love.

d. without love, the world is little more than common sights.

The answer is C. The beauty of nature is revealed through love.

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)