Read the excerpt from "A Quilt of a Country." Once these disparate parts were held together by a common enemy, by the fault lines of world wars and the electrified fence of communism. With the end of the cold war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for hatred and distrust, a sense of national identity would evaporate, that the left side of the hyphen—African-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American—would overwhelm the right. And slow-growing domestic traumas like economic unrest and increasing crime seemed more likely to emphasize division than community. Today the citizens of the United States have come together once more because of armed conflict and enemy attack.

Which sentence from the excerpt best reveals the context of the excerpt?

Once these disparate parts were held together by a common enemy, by the fault lines of world wars and the electrified fence of communism.
With the end of the cold war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for hatred and distrust, a sense of national identity would evaporate, that the left side of the hyphen—African-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American—would overwhelm the right.
And slow-growing domestic traumas like economic unrest and increasing crime seemed more likely to emphasize division than community.
Today the citizens of the United States have come together once more because of armed conflict and enemy attack.

Today the citizens of the United States have come together once more because of armed conflict and enemy attack.

Explanation:

The context of any essay or passage or excerpt is the circumstance that forms the events or text. This context is the main idea of what the passage is talking about.

In her essay "A Quilt of A Country", Anna Quindlen wrote how America is rich in its cultural diversity. Though these differences may at times lead to many animosities and even hatred or a wider gap between the people. But in the face of a common threat, they put aside these differences and unitedly fight against that common enemy. And through this spirit, the citizens of the United States have 'once again' come together to oppose the armed conflict and enemy attack. This factor seems to be the context of the given excerpt.

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)

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