Which three sentences in the story indicate that that the passage is an ex nihilo type of creation story? Behold the first word and the first discourse. There was as yet no man, nor any animal, nor bird, nor fish, nor crawfish, nor any pit, nor ravine,
nor green herb, nor any tree; nothing was but the firmament. The face of the earth had not yet appeared-only the peaceful sea and all
the
space of heaven. There was nothing yet jolned together, nothing that clung to anything else; nothing that balanced Itself, that made the least.
rustling, that made a sound in the heaven. There was nothing that stood up; nothing but the qulet water, but the sea, calm and alone in Its
boundarles: nothing existed; nothing but Immobility and silence, In the darkness, In the night.
Alone also the Creator, the Former, the Dominator, the Feathered Serpent-those that engender, those that give being, they are upon the water,
green and blue; and therefore their name is Gucumatz. Lo, now how the heavens exist, how exists
also the Heart of Heaven; such is the name of God; It is thus that he is called. And they spake; they consulted together and meditated; they
mingled their words and their opinion. And the creation was verily after this wise: Earth, they sald, and on the instant It was formed; like a cloud
or a fog was Its beginning. Then the mountains rose over the water like great lobsters; in an Instant the mountains and the plains were visible,
and the cypress and the pine appeared. Then was the Gucumatz filled with joy, crying out: Blessed be thy coming, O Heart of Heaven, Hurakan,
Thunderbolt. Our work and our labor has accomplished its end.
Iike a growing light. They are enveloped in

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class

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)