Reread lines 12–29. With a small group, discuss the author’s use of examples from popular culture to advance his point of view. How do these examples add to the satire?

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How does the literature of this period influence future generations of american literature? where have you seen traces of these themes and how were they presented in the other literature you read?

Annotate the following passage from franklin d roosevelt's inaugural address. be sure and include the following: a title that summarizes the passage notes in the margin or below the paragraph, perhaps including questions to which you'd like answers question marks or asterisks marking important information the underlining of important information any other marks or notes to you understand the passage in such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties. they concern, god, only material things. values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone.