Read this line from "Empire State Building." I wake to taxi alarms. I am a 102-stop elevator ride to heaven. Which two facts help the reader connect the poem's lines to the real world? The Empire State Building has 102 taxi stops, and people can take free elevator rides there. The author thinks that the Empire State Building is heavenly and likes riding in taxi cabs. Hundreds of taxis drive by the Empire State Building each day, and the building has 102 floors. The author has an alarm clock shaped like a taxi cab and rides elevators every day. Which two facts help the reader connect the poem's lines to the real world? The Empire State Building has 102 taxi stops, and people can take free elevator rides there. The author thinks that the Empire State Building is heavenly and likes riding in taxi cabs. Hundreds of taxis drive by the Empire State Building each day, and the building has 102 floors. The author has an alarm clock shaped like a taxi cab and rides elevators every day.

Hundreds of taxis drive by the Empire State Building each day, and the building has 102 floors.  The author thinks that the Empire State Building is heavenly and likes riding in taxi cabs.

Explanation:

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)