Read the excerpt from “the tell-tale heart,” by edgar allan poe. the disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. above all was the sense of hearing acute. i heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. i heard many things in hell. what is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt? a. it emphasizes the narrator’s strengths. b. it emphasizes the narrator’s spirituality. c. it emphasizes the narrator’s anger. d. it emphasizes the narrator’s madness.

b. It emphasizes the narrator’s spirituality

Explanation:

The effect of parallelism is connected to spirituality. Spirituality is visible in pictures od heaven and hell. The sense is emphasized and it can cause a better view of a narrator's feeling to something bigger than himself. The finding and describing spirituality is trying to find and express the meaning of life. It is a feeling that can be described with adverbs sacred or transcendent. This excerpt includes a hint of this feeling in the projection of earth and hell.

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)