Story: rescue mission how does the author of this passage create tension? the author presents how qualified and talented his pilot is. the author uses flashback to show readers pieces of the narrator’s childhood. the author discusses the background and training that the narrator endured. the author describes the dangerous situation that the characters in the story are facing. which textual evidence supports the response in part a? “as much as i wanted to know what was going to happen to the people on that boat, i was just as captivated by that amazing rescue team.” “i shouldn’t think of this as easy. i know what i need to do here, but i could lose one these men if just one thing goes wrong.” “it looks like we’re going to circle around and wait for the most judicious opportunity for rescue.” “i have received years of elite training for missions like this, and i have a spotless track record for at-sea rescues.”

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The author describes the dangerous situation that the characters in the story are facing.

Explanation: As we read each part from the passage, we see that all of them contain one thing. And, what exactly is that? We see that all of them contain the situation that they're all experiencing at the moment.

Cited text:  “I shouldn’t think of this as easy. I know what I need to do here, but I could lose one these men if just one thing goes wrong.”

We can see that this is a present statement, and that something is going wrong between those people. I'm supposing it's a fire or something of that nature.

being ignored by someone and then accepting the fact was really tough

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)