Refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this narrative. describing her mother's lack of sewing ability in "first love," judith ortiz cofer writes, "that night i would have traded her for a peasant woman with a golden needle." how does the colorful figure of speech in this sentence affect the text? it shows that wealth was not important to judith. it makes the reader think that judith's hopes are not realistic. it injects the memoir with a fairy-tale atmosphere. it emphasizes that judith's mother did not understand her.

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It injects the memoir with a fairy-tale atmosphere.

The writer describes the sewing ability of the mother by referencing a fairy tale atmosphere from the Sleeping Beauty text perhaps. The interpretation of it seems like that Judith did not appreciate the skill of her mother.

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)