Write a five to six sentence paragraph that uses symbolism to create suspense.

"After having that fight with my mother, she finally threw the car keys at me. She said "if you really want to leave, you can. These are the keys to your freedom. But just know you are breaking my heart." I took the keys, and holding them in my hand, I looked at them. She was right. The keys represented my freedom. They would allow me to leave this place and never look back. However, they would also close the door between my mother and me forever. I didn't know what to do..."

In this passage, the keys are used as a symbol for the freedom that the speaker is looking for. The keys are both "a way out" for the speaker, as well as a way to leave her family behind. The suspense is created by the fact that the reader does not know whether the speaker will stay or leave.

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)