Read this passage from "the black cat": one morning, in cool blood, i slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; hung it with the tears streaming from my eyes, and with the bitterest remorse at my heart; hung it because i knew that it had loved me, and because i felt it had given me no reason of offence; hung it because i knew that in so doing i was committing a sin a deadly sin that would so jeopardize my immortal soul as to place it if such a thing were possible even beyond the reach of the infinite mercy of the most merciful and most terrible god. what effect does the narrator create by repeating the phrase "hung it"? a. it encourages the reader to sympathize with the narrator and his emotions. b. it increases the violence of the action and highlights its importance. c. it allows the reader to understand the reason behind the narrator's actions. d. it the reader feel sorry for the cat and what it had to endure.

B. It increases the violence of the action and highlights its importance.

Explanation:

In this story written by Edgar Allan Poe, one of his darkest and most troubling stories —and when talking about Poe narrative, that is saying a lot— he tells a story of remorse and an unbearable sense of guilt. In the passage above, the word hung, repeated almost to a maniacal degree, exacerbates the senselessness of his action, the violence it implies, and in so doing, it accentuates the relevance of this very action for the development of the story and the sense of guilt that the narrator is experiencing.

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)