Which two sentences from the story develop a theme about making faulty assumptions? "But I immediately received a hail of cuffings which made me jump straight out of the soaked sheets, and rush in my nightshirt into the corridor, the door of which I found open." (paragraph 13)
"I scented a practical joke in the air, as a dog scents game." (paragraph 6)
"My friends were fond of practical jokes. I do not care to know people who are not." (paragraph 2)
"The precautions I had taken in closing the shutters and going to sleep in the middle of the room. . . had only brought about the practical joke I had been trying to avoid." (paragraph 15)
"The hour struck for retiring; and the whole household came to escort me to my room." (paragraph 7)
"For at least another hour I remained awake, starting at the slightest sound." (paragraph 11)

6

Explanation:

because he wasn't sure if it was a practical joke or serious so he jumped into conclusions that it was a joke from his friends

what is the question here?

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)