In "the gift of the magi," o. henry most likely uses the irony of the couple’s gifts to express the theme that

a. expensive gifts are sometimes a mistake.
b. love and sacrifice for others is the highest virtue.
c. material goods usually increase in value over time.
d. it is best to retain one’s most prized possessions

B. love and sacrifice for others is the highest virtue.

The creator says that genuine love can not be founded on appeareance. Della loses her excellent hair yet gains something increasingly imperative: the affirmation that Jim really loves her.  

Jim loses his valuable watch however gains something increasingly imperative as well: the confirmation that she loves him.

B. love and sacrifice for others is the highest virtue.

The creator says that genuine love can not be founded on appeareance. Della loses her excellent hair yet gains something increasingly imperative: the affirmation that Jim really loves her.  

Jim loses his valuable watch however gains something increasingly imperative as well: the confirmation that she loves him.

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)

a. is the correct answer