Read the passage below from "The Most Dangerous Game" and answer the question. They would be on him any minute now. His mind worked frantically. He thought of a native trick he had
leamed in Uganda. He slld down the tree. He caught hold of a springy young sapling and to It he fastened his
hunting knife, with the blade pointing down the trail; with a bit of wild grapevine he tled back the sapling.
Then he ran for his life. The hounds raised their voices as they hit the fresh scent. Ralnsford knew now how
an animal at bay feels.
He had to stop to get his breath. The baying of the hounds stopped abruptly, and Ralnsford's heart stopped
too. They must have reached the knife.
What literary technique does the author employ in the last sentence of the passage?
Irony
foreshadowing
sensory detail
symbolism

They would be on him any minute now. His mind worked frantically. He thought of a native trick he had learned in Uganda. He slid down the tree. He caught hold ...

Explanation:

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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)