Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

no matter what people say, every act of kindness is in fact purely selfish. even large gifts to charity feel good to the giver. whatever beneficial effects to others these gifts produce, it is the personal satisfaction that motivates them. however, this does not mean that charity does no good. on the contrary, selfishly motivated giving has done a lot of good in the world.

which word or phrase from the passage signals a contrasting thought?

It would be the word "however."

This is a transition word, but also a contrasting word could be "on the contrary," but that is reverting back to the original proposition.

The correct answer is: "However."

Explanation:

The passage starts by stating the argument that all acts of kindness are selfish. It continues developing this idea in the following lines and then uses the word "however" to show that the next idea will be contrasting with the first argument: that even though they are selfish acts, they are still good for the world.

the most ethic and honorable thing for the newspaper to do are:

be completely transparent in reporting about the company’s attempt to trade favors.

contact other construction companies to tell them about the situation.

these two options are the most ethic because both promote the market fair course, by telling the other competitors about the company attempt to get ahead in the market by trading favors, the market is guaranteed equality and justice in the trading of goods and services.

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)