Imagery and Figurative Language What sense does the author appeal to when comparing
the event to a lion?
What else does he compare the event to?
I was twelve and in junior high school and something
happened that we didn't have a name for, but it was there
nonetheless like a lion, and roaring, roaring that way the
biggest things do Everything changed. Just like that. Like
the rug, the one that gets pulled-or better, like the
tablecloth those magicians pull where the stuff on the
table stays the same but the gasp! from the audience
makes the staying-the-same part not matter. Like that.
-"The Secret Lion,"
Alberto Alvaro Ríos
Both comparisons are examples of what type of
figurative language?
What tone is created by the comparisons?

Hearing, a magic trick, similes, astonishment

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)