Identify the part of speech for the word "but" in each sentence. no one answered the ad but me. ( ) there is but one choice to make in this case. ( ) sadie said she would go but she had to bring her sister. ( )

No one answered the ad but me. In this case the word BUT is functioning as an adverb meaning EXCEPT. Usually, in this constructions the word BUT is preceded by no one, nobody, everyone, everybody, everthing, or nothing.  There is but one choice to make in this case. In this case, the word BUT is also functioning as an adverb meaning MERELY or NOTHING BUT. Sadie said she would go but she had to bring her sister. In the last case, the word BUT is working as a conjunction or coordinator, and it's linking two clauses together to make a single sentence. Sadie said she would go it's the main clause and she had to bring her sister is the subordinate clause.

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)