Which one of these excerpts from mark twain's life on the mississippi best shows that the story is told in first person?
a. ten minutes later the steamer is under way again, with no flag on the jack-staff and no black smoke issuing from the chimneys.
b. i first wanted to be a cabin-boy, so that i could come out with a white apron on and shake a tablecloth over the side, where all my old comrades could see me.
c. then such a scramble as there is to get aboard, and to get ashore, and to take in freight and to discharge freight, all at one and the same time.
d. assembled there, the people fasten their eyes upon the coming boat as upon a wonder they are seeing for the first time.

B. I first wanted to be a cabin-boy, so that I could come out with a white apron on and shake a tablecloth over the side, where all my old comrades could see me.

Explanation:

This is the excerpt that best shows that the story is told in the first person. The first person point of view is the one in which the narrator is telling us of his own experiences. This perspective is easily recognized due to its use of the first person pronoun ("I"). The only option that uses this perspective is option B.

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explanation:

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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)