Read the excerpt from
h. g. wells's the war of the worlds. a big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. as it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather. two large dark-coloured eyes were regarding me steadfastly. the mass that framed them, the head of the thing, was rounded, and had, one might say, a face. there was a mouth under the eyes, the lipless brim of which quivered and panted, and dropped saliva.

which statement best describes how wells conveys his purpose with this excerpt?

he creates powerful visual images.
he appeals to the reader's intellect.
he shares an expert opinion.
he defines key terms.

Answer is A he creates powerful visual images

He creates powerful visual images.

Explanation:

He gives very specific and vivid descriptions in a way that you can almost see what he is describing.  He talks about colors, sizes and details in a very direct and clear way as you can see in: "A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder". The author wants you to see exactly what he imagined and he does it marvelously.

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)