Read the excerpt from hemingway’s a farewell to arms. “it could not be worse,” passini said respectfully. “there is nothing worse than war.” “defeat is worse.” “i do not believe it,” passini said still respectfully. “what is defeat? you go home.” “they come after you. they take your home. they take your sisters.” the use of informal diction in a farewell to arms robs the passage of having a deeper meaning. to maintain the realism of the dialogue. lends an air of absurdity to the dialogue. reduces the readability of the passage.

Helps to maintain the realism of the dialogue.

Explanation: in this excerpt we can see how Hemingway used short sentences that are still charged with a lot of meaning and emotions. The informal diction helps to maintain the realism because the two characters are describing the horrors of war, each one of them with they own point of view but both of them speaking with a lot of emotions, which is realistic and raw.

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)