Read these lines from "dulce et decorum est" by wilfred owen. gas! gas! quick boys! —an ecstasy of fumbling, fitting the clumsy helmets just in time, but someone still was yelling out and how do these lines evoke a sense of the time and place in which this poem is set? a. the description of a person "yelling out and stumbling" suggests that this poem takes place in a hospital where soldiers who have returned from battle in the revolutionary war are dealing with the horrors they faced. b. the use of the word gas and the phrase "ecstasy of fumbling" reveals that this poem depicts poorly trained world war ii soldiers whose vehicle has run out of fuel just as an enemy attack begins. c. the mention of "helmets" and the use of the modern phrase "just in time" indicates that this poem depicts soldiers fighting in a war that took place after 1950, likely the vietnam war. d. the repetition of the word gas, the exclamation "quick boys," and the reference to "helmets" all convey that this poem takes place during world war i and describes a chemical weapons attack.

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)