The War of the Worlds Hoax "Martian cylinders are falling all over the country!" proclaimed a voice on the radio. It was
Halloween night, 1938, and Orson Welles was in the midst of a performance of the H. G.
Wells story The War of the Worlds. Most listeners were aware that it was fiction; after all,
an explanatory announcement had been given at the program's beginning. However,
listeners who tuned in late missed the program's introduction. In addition, Welles was a
magnificent performer, interspersing his "report" with sound effects and eyewitness
"interviews." Consequently, some audience members believed they were hearing a real
news account. They listened in increasing terror as Welles described the "invading army
from the planet Mars." Fearing for their lives, some took refuge in their basements or fled
their homes When Welles concluded the show with the admission that it had been a
Halloween prank, reactions ranged from amusement to fury.

What is the main idea of the passage?

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)

if this isnt a true or false than they have equal amount of importants

i think its a bad thing why? one word flood