Read the excerpt below from the short story “rules of the game” by amy tan and answer the question that follows. vincent got the chess set, which would have been a very decent present to get at a church christmas party, except it was obviously used and, as we discovered later, it was missing a black pawn and a white knight. my mother graciously the unknown benefactor, saying, “too good. cost too much.” at which point, an old lady with fine white, wispy hair nodded toward our family and said with a whistling whisper, “merry, merry christmas.” what motivates the speaker’s mother to “graciously the unknown benefactor”? lindo jong wants to model how a attitude can make others feel good about giving to charity. lindo jong is motivated by vincent’s unhappiness at receiving a used gift. lindo jong wants to model how “invisible strength” can be used to shame the benefactor. lindo jong is motivated by a life lesson that waverly “meimei” jong taught her.

the answer is C on ed

your answer shall be,

a. it comes from the word rebirth.

~ satan

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)