NWEA question Passage: The men worked long hours on the railroad, and the work was hard and difficult. Unlike today's construction where heavy machinery is used, the men of the late 1800s had only the strength of their own bodies to do the work. Railroad work was also very dangerous. In order to clear a path to lay the tracks, dynamite was used to blast through foothills and mountains. Bricks of dynamite were set by hand, and many accidents happened due to the unsophisticated nature of the blast. In a journal entry, written by a railroad construction manager, a blast is described in detail

This afternoon we blasted through a section of very dense earth. We had to drill holes and set several bricks of dynamite to accomplish the job. We planned to carve a deep cut along the full length of the foothill. It would take many blasts. Fortunately, no one was hurt in this one. We used great caution and stood at a far distance. The force of the explosion was impressive, "like a thunderbolt thrown in anger by the mighty zeus". The terrible sound rang in our ears and heavy dust clouded our eyes. Smoke billowed steadily from the blast site and chunks of earth rained down all around us. The ground trembled and most of the men lost their footing for a time. I waited several minutes before coming in closer to inspect the damage.

Question: Which statement best explains how the quoted allusion describes the explosion?

Answers
1. It compares the size of the blast to a violent storm.
2. It emphasizes the effect of the blast on the men's hearing
3. It suggests that the strength of the blast seemed superhuman
4. It shows that the impact of the blast increased the men's fear

the answer is a).

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. the scene is structured as a dialogue between two characters in their own informal language.

for me, i'd go with (c) satisfied or (b) overjoyed because if you read it a couple of times, it makes since that it is c or b. it can't b (a) angry because booker was never angry about anything. at the end of the paragraph, booker states, "i think there are not many men in our country who have had the privilege of naming themselves in the way that i " i think that sentence kind of gives away the also, some words in the paragraph can also you like for example, "indulged," "calmly," "perplexity," "privilege," and defining words that you don't know, can you understand more of that paragraph and it can also increase your comprehension. : )

i'm really rally sorry if i'm incorrect, but if i'm hope this ! : )