Read the following excerpt from a popular work of fiction. As you read, look for clues that tell you which genre the excerpt falls into. The Tasmanians, in spite of their human likeness, were entirely swept out of existence in a war
of extermination waged by European immigrants in the space of fifty years. Are we such apostles of mercy as to complain if the Martians warred in the same spirit?
The Martians seem to have calculated their descent with amazing subtlety—their mathematical
learning is evidently far in excess of ours—and to have carried out their preparations with a
well-nigh perfect unanimity. Had our instruments permitted it, we might have seen the gathering trouble far back in the nineteenth century. Men like Schiaparelli watched the red planet—it
is odd, by the way, that for countless centuries Mars has been the star of war—but failed to
interpret the fluctuating appearances of the markings they mapped so well. All that time the
Martians must have been getting ready.

What kinds of details help classify this story as science fiction?

plot events occurring far in the future
scientists as main characters
time traveling into the past
an extraterrestrial or alien race​

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)