Select the correct answer.
what is the tone of the passage?
on letter writing
o a
humorous
ob. conversational
oc. ironic
od. satiric
o e.
condescending
from pebbles on the shore
by a. g. gardiner (excerpt)
"nothing," said sam, mournfully. "i just sit and scratch my head over the
blessed paper, but nothing'll come. seems as though my head's as empty
as a drum."
"same here. 'tisn't like writing love-letters. when i was up to that game
"twas easy enough. when i got stuck i just put in half a page of crosses, and
that filled up fine. but writing to mother and the missus and sarah and jim
and the rest is different. you can't fill up with crosses. it would look ridiklus."
"it would," said sam.
then the train began to move, and the soldier in the train sank back on his
seat, took out a cigarette, and began to smoke. i found he had been twice
out at the front, and was now home on sick leave. he had been at the battle
of mons, through the retreat to the marne, the advance to the aisne, the first
battle of ypres, and the fighting at festubert. in a word, he had seen some
of the greatest events in the world's history, face to face, and yet he
confessed that when he came to writing a letter, even to his wife, he could
find nothing to say. he was in the position of the lady mentioned by horace
walpole, whose letter to her husband began and ended thus: "i write to you
because i have nothing to do: i finish because i have nothing to say."
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i think its c or d, its been awhile since i read this book

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)

awnser:

jem is "moody and silent" after the pants incident. the new school year starts, and scout finds second grade just as boring as first. one day, she and jem are walking home together when jem reveals that when he found his pants that night, they were all folded up, and the tears had been crudely sewn up, as if someone knew that he would be coming back for them. he finds this highly eerie. then, they find a ball of twine in the radley oak tree knothole. again, they aren't sure if it is a gift for them or not, so they leave it for a few days. when it remains in the hole for a few days, they take it, and decide that anything left there is okay to take.