Read the excerpt from Frederick Douglass's speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World,
travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by
the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and
shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival.
Which phrase best describes the connotation of the word "reigns"?
O a sense of opportunity and growth
a sense of fear and anxiety
a sense of compassion and humanity
O a sense of oppression and domination

A

Explanation:

well if you have a lion for example it will kill you and that's why you shouldn't have and exotic animal

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)