Which of the following events happens first in edgar allan poe's "the black cat"? a. the narrator relates information about his childhood and the happy early years of his marriage. b. the narrator kills his wife in a fit of anger and hides her body within the walls of the cellar. c. the narrator says he will die the following day as a consequence of his actions. d. the narrator finds a second cat in a tavern and decides to bring it home with him.

The answer is: c. the narrator says he will die the following day as a consequence of his actions.

This is the beginning of the poem:

“ FOR the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence. Yet, mad am I not -- and very surely do I not dream. But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburthen my soul.”

When the poem is just staring the narrator is just introducing the reader to his story by telling that it can be unbelievable, however, he justify the narration in the fact that he will die the next day and for this reason he is going to unburthen his soul.

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)