You saw a group of children bullying a small kitten as you were going to school. You stopped to helpthe kitten. Write a diary entry about this episode in 80-100 words.

June 2nd

Today when I was going to school, I saw some kids bullying a defenseless kitten. It was alone and desperately crying for its mother. The kids were scaring it, jumping near it, or passing it through the air from one kid to the other. I got mad and stepped in front of the kitten, and in an angry tone, I told them to leave the kitten alone. As I was older than them, they immediately obeyed me. When I came back from school, I picked it. Now it lives with me.

Explanation:

In a diary entry, a person writes about an experience,  feelings, things that he or she likes or dislikes, goals, reflections, and problems. It usually has a date. The entries can be daily or sporadically, every person has a different way to use a diary, and they are not to share with other people.

As regards the language, it is informal. The entry can be directed to the diary, starting with dear diary, as if it was a letter, or it can be a narrative where the person writes about an experience or thoughts.

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)