Annotate the following passage from Franklin D Roosevelt's inaugural address "In such a spirit ". Be sure and include the following:
In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties. They concern, thank God, only material things. Values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone.
1. a title that summarizes the passage
I would give this speech the title 'No Markets and no money for their produce.' This summarizes the problem presented in the text, how taxes have risen and farmers can't find a place ro sell their products. This wa called The Great Depression's state.
2. notes in the margin or below the paragraph, perhaps including questions to which you'd like answers
I would like to know if at the end of this speech Roosevelt proposed a solution for the problem. so i would ask. Did Roosevelt propose a solution for this problem? It worked? What the farmers were doing with their products since they couldn't sell it?
3. question marks or asterisks marking important information
**'the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side;'** This is a similie to understand or visualise the state of the economy. *; This metaphor represents how the state of the economy of the moment is dying, it is in decline.
**In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties.** This introductory phrase tells the audience that it is a problem that concerns everyone, this attracts the attention of society and they are moved by the speech.
4. the underlining of important information
<u>Our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income</u>
<u>The savings of many years in thousands of families are gone.
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5. any other marks or notes to help you understand the passage.
Some other marks that can help you understand the speech are
"In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties. They concern, thank God, only material things"
"Our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income..."
All this information are important since they gives you visual and emotional feelings about the problem presented.
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