Now that we've come to the end of the first unit, it's time for you to really let your new creative juices flow. again, without worrying too much about the final product, pick a subject you feel passionate enough about to write a creative essay. remember, unlike the usual type of essays you'll write for other subjects, there is no need to create a balanced or logical argument here.
this is simply about expressing your feelings in an eloquent and nonfictional way. if you like, you could brainstorm a few ideas first or do some freewriting on the subject to get yourself started.
assignment instructions: then take everything you've learned about the music of words from translitics, and about how your favorite writers achieve the effects they do, and try to write an essay that really makes an impact on your reader. your essay should be between 600 and 1000 words and not be a repetition of any previous work. submit your completed essay in the creative writing 1.4 assignment dropbox. this assignment is worth 20 points.
once you've done that, you'll be ready to move on to the next unit, where we'll talk more specifically about literary devices and how great writers use them.

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)

i think that the major difference is that it used to be modern