Read this excerpt from h. g. wells's novel the war of the worlds: but, looking, i presently saw something stirring within the shadow. . then something resembling a little grey snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle, and wriggled in the air towards me — and then another. what verb tense does wells use in this passage? a. past tense b. present tense c. irregular tense d. future tense

The verb tense used in the passage is A. Past tense.

The past tense is used to refer to events that happened in the past and also finished in the past. The excerpt has most of the verbs in the past tense forms. For example, "saw" is the past tense of the verb "see", "coiled" is the past tense of the verb "coil" and "wriggled" is the past form of the verb "wriggle".

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explanation:

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)