Read the following excerpt from "woman who hide anne frank dies at 100" by teri schultz.

ms. miep gies: i, myself, i'm just a very common person. i simply had no choice. i could foresee many, many sleepless nights and a life filled with regret if i would have refused to the franks. and this was not the kind of life i was looking for at all.
schultz: gies explained another motivation for emphasizing her modesty. she said if people are allowed to think it takes remarkable qualities to act boldly on behalf of others, few will attempt it.
ms. gies: people should never think that you have to be a very special person to those who need you.

what is the purpose of miep gies in this excerpt?

a)to tell people about all of her heroic actions during world war ii
b)to preserve the important legacy of anne frank and her diary
c)to show people that she has always remained a modest person
d)to persuade the audience that ordinary people can do remarkable things

D)to persuade the audience that ordinary people can do remarkable things

Explanation:

Miep Gies simply states that "People should never think that you have to be a very special person to help those who need you." She did not see her good deeds as extraordinary or remarkable. She simply did what she needed to do in order to live with herself and see herself as a good person. She was not looking for notoriety or anything special: only peace of mind.

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)

they would have to clean it very clean