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Due yesterday, 12:45
In 30 minutes, Write about a time that you surprised
someone.
Write a story sharing how you planned the surprise, and what
happened, being careful to build suspense so that the reader
is surprised, too.
10 points
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This question requires a personal answer about something that happened to you. Anyway, I will give you an example story so you can understand how to write it, and in case you want it, you can change it for something personal.

Explanation:

 There was a time when I decided to surprise my best friend for her birthday.

She moved to another country two years ago and I had never been able to visit her, but we talked daily anyway.

My parents bought me the plane ticket, and together with her sister we planned the surprise. The idea was that when she got home from school, I would be waiting for her at her house with a birthday cake.

I would arrive that same day to prevent my friend from seeing me before the right time. But a problem happened. That day my friend felt sick so she did not go to school!

Her sister couldn't go to the airport for me because otherwise the surprise would be ruined.

I was waiting there without knowing what to do for an hour, until my friend's mother decided to take her from the house with the excuse that they had to look for something at grandmother's house. At that moment, my friend's sister took advantage and went to find me.

By the time my friend came home I was waiting for her there with the cake! Everything went very well and she was very excited to see me there.

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)