Read the paragraph and answer the question that follows: the town of belmond, iowa, needs to add weather sirens. the loud and steady wail would warn citizens of approaching danger. if past history is an indication, the sirens will save hundreds of lives. with a prediction of a deadly storm season, the alert system is needed immediately. which sentence should be revised to eliminate redundancy? a. the town of belmond, iowa, needs to add weather sirens. b. the loud and steady wail would warn citizens of approaching danger. c. if past history is an indication, the sirens will save hundreds of lives. d. with a prediction of a deadly storm season, the alert system is needed immediately.

If past history is an indication, the sirens will save hundreds of lives.

The purpose and importance of the weather sirens are already stated in the first two sentences. The last sentence discusses the advantage of its usage in proper timing. The idea in the third sentence must be restated to make it viable.

first of paragraph? and second of statment?

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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)