Read the excerpt from "Speaking Arabic." At a neighborhood fair in Texas, somewhere between the German Oom-pah Sausage Stand and the Mexican
Gorditas booth, I overheard a young man say to his friend, "I wish I had a heritage. Sometimes I feel-SO
lonely for one." And the tall American trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head.
Which best explains how Nye's word choice helps establish her voice in the excerpt?
Nye uses short, forceful words to support her opinion that an American heritage is limited and mechanical
O Nye describes a neighborhood fair to support her opinion that the idea of an American heritage does not exist
Nye creates a powerful image of trees to support her opinion that living among a variety of cultures is an American
heritage
Nye directly quotes something she heard in order to express her distress over a lack of American heritage.
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The correct answer is C. Nye creates a powerful image of trees to support her opinion that living among a variety of cultures is an American heritage.

Explanation

This excerpt belongs to a text "speaking Arabic" which speaks about heritage, in the excerpt the author describes how an American man thinks he has no heritage "I wish I had a heritage. Sometimes I feel - so lonely for one." and this idea is presented as contradictory because the man is surrounded by American trees and by representations of different cultures such as food from Germany and Mexico. This shows the variety of cultures is an important element in the American Heritage and the author explains this idea by describing the scene of the trees in different foods. So, the correct answer is C.

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)