Can someone make my paragraph sound better and maybe add on to it. the question: is the house of usher truly a haunted place or is it only the imagination of those who are there ?

I believe it's just in the imagination of those who are there. The narrator never mentions anything specific or usual things like ghosts or monsters. The narrator himself is contradicting himself in the story so he might not even be reliable. Sometimes if a place seems
scary or haunted your mind will play tricks which is what I think started to happen. I think the narrator knew that Madeline was alive without knowing at the same time and knew the consequences if she was, so he was scared with guilt from that too. He slept in a room right above the vault where she was buried so he must have heard her banging and struggling to get out and instead of thinking she was alive he thought she was a ghost.

In my opinion, the House of Usher is not haunted, but rather, the characters are just freaking themselves out. In most instances, if a building or area seems  scary or haunted the mind will play tricks. I think that this is what began happening. The narrator never mentions any specific or usual things like ghosts or monsters. The narrator, himself, contradicts several things that he had already said in the story. So, it is fairly safe to say that even he is not a completely reliable source. The narrator knew deep down that Madeline was alive and knew what would come if she was living. But, because he was so frightened by the thought of this, he managed to convince himself that she was just a ghost.

I think this is good, but I've never read the story. I'm just going off of what you said. (I have written many papers, and gotten 100% on them, when I didn't read the whole story.)

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)