In the story "the diamond necklace" by guy de maupassant, the protagonist, unhappy with her less than well-to-do life, borrows a diamond necklace from a wealthy friend to wear to a ball. but she loses the necklace, and her husband and she spend the next ten years in abject poverty as they struggle to repay a loan they borrowed to replace the necklace. which sentence summarizes the best way to end the story using dramatic irony?
a: the protagonist hears that the wealthy friend forgot about her necklace.
b: the protagonist is left a fortune by a distant relative from sweden after his death.
c: the owner reveals to her servant girl that the lost necklace is an imitation ornament.
d: the protagonist finds the lost necklace in her home after the loan is paid off.

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)

just say it's your friend did it and you had no idea?

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.

where is the