Blessed are the children who always eat the same flavor of ice cream or always know beforehand what kind they will want. Such good children should be quarantined from those who want to "wait and see what flavors there are." What is the author's purpose for including this portion of "How to Eat an Ice-Cream Cone"?

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Blessed are the children who always eat the same flavor of  ice cream or always know beforehand what kind they will  want. Such good children should be quarantined from  those who want to "wait and see what flavors there are."

What is the author's purpose for including this portion of "How to Eat an Ice-

Cream Cone"?

A. To inquire about the audience's favorite ice cream flavor

B. To entertain the audience through his use of humor

C. To inform the audience about the value of ice cream

D. To persuade the audience to think about flavors in advance

The author's purpose is:

B. To entertain the audience through his use of humor

Explanation:

The passage we are analyzing here is clearly not a serious one. It is supposed to be funny and witty, especially because choosing an ice cream flavor is not a grave matter at all. Not only does the author make a big deal out of it, he goes to the extreme of saying children who know what flavor they want should be quarantined from those who do not. It's as if not knowing the flavor is a contagious disease! Clearly, the author is just making fun of how annoying it may be to wait for a child to decide what flavor he wants.

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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