Read the excerpt from the odyssey.

my home is on the peaked sea-mark of ithaca
under mount neion's wind-blown robe of leaves,
in sight of other islands—dulichium,
same, wooded zacynthus—ithaca
being most lofty in that coastal sea,
and northwest, while the rest lie east and south.
a rocky isle, but good for a boy's training;
i shall not see on earth a place more dear,

read a student’s paraphrase of the excerpt.

odysseus’s home is ithaca, a rocky island surrounded by other islands. odysseus considers ithaca a great place in which to grow up.

what key detail should be added to strengthen the student’s paraphrasing of this excerpt?

a) dulichium, same, and zacynthus are all visible to ithaca.
b) odysseus holds his home very close to his heart.
c) the islands surrounding ithaca lie to the east and the south.
d) ithaca lies under mount neion and to the northwest.

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)