Excerpt from: the fall of the house of usher edgar allan poe the room in which i found myself was very large and lofty. the windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from draperies hung upon the walls. the general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. i felt that i breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. an air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all. which idea from the passage is really an opinion?

The best answer to the question: Which idea from the passage is really an opinion, would be: "I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow."

Explanation:

"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, and which was first published in 1839. In this particular excerpt, most of the narration is actual fact, the speaker is simply describing what he sees, and what is there, but there is a point, near the end, where the speaker goes from what he sees and feels from the actual scenery, into what he thinks those visible things mean. Thus, he states something that he feels, or senses from what he sees and believes that all of it conveys sorrow. This is why that particular line in the excerpt is the correct answer to the question. The expression: "I felt..." strays from actual fact and goes into the perception of the one describing what he is seeing.

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)

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