Read this sentence: jessica's manuscript was well written, but it was very long, so her editor decided to abridge it. what antonym context clue find the meaning of abridge? manuscript very long editor grammar

If my question gets removed again I will not understand why but, I believe it is very long. Why? it says "Antonym context clue" Abridge means to cut or shorten. Very long is the opposite of shorten hence the antonym context clue.

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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)

the character has felt many emotions that are mainly focusing on negative emotions.