Read the passage carefully. In 1932, voters elected Franklin D. Roosevelt president in a landslide victory. "FDR," as everyone called him, was a wealthy New Yorker who had been stricken with polio a decade earlier. Paralyzed from the waist down, his legs useless, FDR knew about suffering firsthand. Through suffering, he grew as a person, developing deep sympathy for the downtrodden. That, in turn, shaped his ideas about government. Roosevelt believed that government was the people's servant, not its master. In times of trouble, he insisted, the chief duty of the federal government was to help those who could no longer help themselves. –Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl, Albert Marrin How does the organizational pattern support the thesis of the passage? The structure identifies the problems that Franklin Roosevelt faced. The structure compares Roosevelt’s policies to other presidents. The structure describes why Roosevelt was considered a great president. The structure makes clear why Roosevelt believed government should help people.

Which statement best explains why shakespeare has cassius use the word fawn rather than a synonym such as flatter to describe his actions?

Read the excerpt below from "letter from birmingham jail" and then answer the question below: "my citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent resister may sound rather shocking. but i must confess that i am not afraid of the word "tension." i have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. just as socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood." how does king's repetition of the term "tension" impact the meaning of the text? question 5 options: dr. king says that he is afraid of the word tension and he doesn't think it is necessary. dr. king repeats the word tension to explain how he sees the word as a negative force that discourages change. dr. king repeats the word tension unintentionally, and it doesn't impact the meaning of the text. dr. king repeats the word tension to support how he views the word tension as positive and growth-producing.

View a film and read a text-based representation of your hero, such as a modern graphic representation of your hero (comic book, graphic novel). compare how your character is represented in text and how your character is visually represented. next, you will compare how this information informs the idea of what it means to be a hero.