Constructed Response...

Read the following excerpt and write a response below about the mood of this
passage.

"I decided to call to him. Miss Baker had mentioned him at dinner, and that would do
for an introduction. But I didn't call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he
was content to be alone--he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a
curious way, and, as far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling,
Involuntarily I glanced seaward--and distinguished nothing except a single green
light, minute and far away, that might have been at the end of the dock. When
looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet
darkness."

What is the mood of this passage? Write a paragraph to answer this question. Your
topic sentence should identify the mood in the passage. Use plot details from the
novel to support the mood. Use text evidence from the paragraph to support the
mood. Write a closing sentence to end your paragraph.

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)

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.

lemme actually be useful and say i believe the answer is the first one.