Read the following passage from audre lorde’s poem “hanging fire” and answer the question. nobody even stops to think about my side of it i should have been on math team my marks were better than his why do i have to be the one wearing braces i have nothing to wear tomorrow will i live long enough to grow up and momma’s in the bedroom with the door closed. what can we infer from the lines “and momma’s in the bedroom/with the door closed”? select all that apply. there might be something wrong. the closed door suggests separation and distance. the speaker feels abandoned and alone. the speaker is happy the door is closed.

The closed door suggests separation and distance.

The speaker feels abandoned and alone.

Explanation:

In "Hanging Fire," Lorde presents a poem that describes the life of a teenager. She does this effectively by using the type of language that a girl this age would use. Moreover, she talks about experiences that are common during these early years. Towards the end of this passage, the speaker says that her mother is in the bedroom with her door closed. This closed door suggests that there is a barrier between both characters, and that this makes the author feel abandoned and alone.

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)