John Milton is best known for his literary works and political pamphlets. Milton’s use of blank verse, allegory, and metaphor influenced many poets. In this activity, you will analyze and explore the theme and structure of the poems you read in the lesson. Use textual evidence to support your claims. Make sure that the claims you make are relevant to the questions. The claims and counter claims you provide for your answer should be fair and rational. They should provide relevant information to support your ideas and thoughts. These are the characteristics of good claims. Bad claims, on the contrary, can be ambiguous and often illogical, irrelevant, or impossible to support with reasoning and evidence. Part A What words and sounds does Milton use in the poem “Il Penseroso” to create a quiet, somber tone?

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 answer should be b.

explanation:

it should be b because she researched before writing so it would be in past tense. "the author researches her subject before she had written the first draft.