What is the adverb or adverbs in the sentence " Despite the harshness of their environment, the Hopis have clung very tenaciously to their way of life. "

The adverb(s) would be: very

Explanation:

An adverb is a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group. Not to be confused with adjectives. Adjectives only modify the subject and/ or noun within a sentence. We can single out the adverb by first finding the adjectives, however.

Take the first section of the sentence. "Despite the harshness of their environment". Ask yourself first what is the subject? Environment. Then ask yourself, how is it being described? The adjective is harshness. Furthermore, ask yourself, Is there anything describing the adjective? What is describing harshness? Nothing. There is no adverb.

The second part of the sentence. "the Hopis clung very tenaciously to their way of life." What is the subject? In this instance, it's a compound subject. the subject is "their way of life". How is it being described? Tenaciously. Is there anything describing the adjective? The word very. Very is the adverb.

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)