Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together. A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance, and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence, but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work. –Animal Farm, George Orwell -Which excerpt from the text uses imagery to describe Boxer?
“nearly eighteen hands high”
“not of first-rate intelligence”
“he was universally respected”
“his steadiness of character”

I would say 'nearly eighteen hands high.'

Explanation:

Go through each answer. Try to picture them in your head. Number 2 you can't because... Well, you just can't. Number three is telling you about what people think of him; you can't picture that in your head, and his steadiness of character is, once again, harder to picture than number 1 (nearly eighteen hands high.)

Imagery- The author uses words and descriptions to form an image of the character in the readers' head. Eighteen hands high is telling you what Boxer looks like, so you can form your image of him.

what is the question you are trying to ask here

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)