Read the passage from “i know why the caged bird sings.” mrs. bertha flowers was the aristocrat of black stamps. she had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest weather, and on the arkansas summer days it seemed she had a private breeze which swirled around, cooling her. she was thin without the taut look of wiry people, and her printed voile dresses and flowered hats were as right for her as denim overalls for a farmer. she was our side's answer to the richest white woman in town. based on the passage, the reader can infer that marguerite values a. authority. b. culture. c. privacy. d. wealth.

B. Culture

This description of Mrs. Bertha Flowers shows that she is very proper. She is described as having the appearance of warm in the coldest weather. This shows that in actuality she may not be warm, which eliminates wealth as an answer. If Mrs. Flowers was wealthy she would be warm, not just appear it. We don't see any indications of authority or privacy in the passage at all. The way a person dresses and carries herself is a part of her culture. This is what Marguerite values.

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

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)