Read this excerpt from "the pedestrian" by ray bradbury in which leonard mead considers how technology has isolated people: everything went on in the tomblike houses at night now, he thought, continuing his fancy. which statement best introduces this information in an essay? a. "everything went on in the tomblike houses at night now, he thought, continuing his fancy," leonard muses as he walks the empty streets at night. b. while walking the empty streets at night, leonard muses on the isolating effects of technology, thinking, "everything went on in the tomblike houses at night now." c. leonard mead ridicules his neighbors' dependence on tv, the latest form of technology, and how it replaces all forms of human contact, calling their homes "tomblike." d. as leonard walks the empty streets at night, he considers the houses to be like tombs that have isolated people from each other.

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)

they used personification to make the truck seem mean and violent.

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