Question 2 (1 point)

using the context clues, how would you best define dismal in the following sentence:

with the tuohys' encouragement, michael got his dismal grade point average up and went out for football his junior year.
question 2 options:

dark

promising

unsatisfactory

dreary
question 3 (1 point)

in forsee's article, leigh anne tuohy compares the actress who played her in the blind side to a shadow. according to clues in the text, why was this comparison appropriate?
question 3 options:

the comparison is appropriate because the actress perfectly portrayed leigh anne in the movie.

shadows are dark, just as the actress portrays leigh anne during a dark time in her life.

shadows change size from day to day just as leigh anne's feelings change throughout the movie.

like leigh anne's shadow, the actress stayed close to leigh anne tuohy while preparing for her role.
question 4 (1 point)

forsee's article is written from which perspective?
question 4 options:

first person

second person

third person

2. dreary

3. I don't know because I haven't read this

4. also haven't read this so no one can answer it on here

the correct sequence is 2.- dreary 3.- Like Leigh Anne's shadow, the actress stayed close to Leigh Anne Tuohy while preparing for her role. 4.- Third person.

Explanation: Sandra Bullock played the role of Leigh Anne Tuohy in the movie "The Blind side". I strongly recommend to watch the movie.

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)