What mood is created by the oxymoron and paradox in this excerpt?
excitement
chaos
hopefulness
seriousness

The correct answer is seriousness.

Explanation:

In the excerpt, we can see that the Friar is talking about the consequences of Romeo and Juliet's love. They loved each other too dearly and were prepared to go to extreme lengths to be together. Unfortunately, their efforts were futile because both of them ended up dead, unable to be happily together.

Friar's speech is very serious - he says how we should do everything moderately, even love others moderately, because only then will we remain happy. There is no excitement or hopefulness in his speech because this is a tragedy and must end on a sad note.

Explanation:

D) seriousness

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)