Read the following sentence from a speech addressing a group of athletes in the locker room before an important competition: today, two mighty adversaries will clash in the struggle to establish dominance in this great sport. which best explains why the tone is inappropriate for the audience? a. it is lacking in clarity and is too casual. b. it is too personal and ordinary. c. it is too formal and lacks passion. d. it is offhand and not solemn enough.

C. It is too formal and lacks passion.

Explanation:

The tone is inappropriate for the message because it is addressed for a goup of athletes and thye want to be motivated to go into the field to defeat the opponent, but this message is too formal, using complicated words that we do not often hear in colloquial terms and it lacks the passion to inspire the audience, or the athletes, to go out and perform with passion and give it all on the field.

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)

d. pushing his plate away from the edge of the table idk what the other guy was trying to