1. Reread paragraphs 8 to 11 and highlight or mark any words or phrases that reference specific nations or groups.

1. Reread paragraph 6, highlight or mark the details that express what President Roosevelt will not budge on his position or change his position in any way.

What I seek to convey is the historic truth that the United States as a nation has at all times maintained clear, definite opposition to any attempt to lock us in behind an ancient Chinese wall(1) while the procession of civilization went past. Today, ... we oppose enforced isolation for ourselves or for any other part of the Americas.

1. Reread paragraphs 1 to 3 in the excerpt from “The Four Freedoms. Underline details that indicate the focus or reason for President Roosevelt’s speech.

I still had my wrist watch on and saw that it was 11 pm. I took Irene around the waist (I think she was crying) and that was how we went into the street. Before we left, I felt terrible; I locked the front door up tight and tossed the key down the sewer. It wouldn't do to have some poor devil decide to go in and rob the house, at that hour and with the house taken over.