Read the excerpt from martin luther king jr.’s "i have a dream” speech.

1) we have also come to this hallowed spot to remind america of the fierce urgency of now. 2) this is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. 3) now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. 4) now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.

which sentence contains the strongest use of emotional connotation?

sentence 1
sentence 2
sentence 3
sentence 4

D) sentence 4.

Explanation: The connotation of a word is the meaning given by the context or even by the readers (or listeners) based on their emotions or personal experiences. In the given excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, the sentence that contains the strongest use of emotional connotation is sentence 4: Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice, because of the words and phrases "dark," "desolate," "segregation," and racial justice."

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)