Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "Snowball has done this thing! In sheer malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year."

What is the best meaning of the word malignity as it is used in this context?

a. cruelty
b. anger
c. envy
d. hatred

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The answer is d) hatred

Explanation:

The definition of the base word malign is evil or harmful in nature or influence. In the context of the story as well, this is an anti-snowball speech given by squeeler (I think,) and hes saying in snowballs evilness hes come back to do this bad thing. The word here closest to evilnes is hatred. (Also if you just google malignity synonyms you get hatred as the only one of the 4 listed.)

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explanation:

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)