Read this excerpt from The Great Fire.

When the Waterworks burned down at around three in the
morning, the pumping machines went dead, and the water
supply to the city stopped. The men at the Tribune would
do their best to stamp out and smother the burning embers
that landed on the roof, but eventually, the fire won out. The
shock felt by White and other citizens when they learned
the Tribune was a gutted skeleton was captured perfectly
by Charles Mackintosh. After describing at great length
how solid and fireproof the Tribune Building was,
Mackintosh paused and, with a sad sigh, he concluded,
"That is, it was fireproof up to the date of its destruction."

Which statement best reflects the theme of this
paragraph?

A Certain buildings were destroyed because no one tried
to save them.

B Certain buildings were destroyed because they were not
fireproof.

C People were surprised that others tried to save the
Tribune.

D People were surprised by the strength and power of the
fire.

Its D

Explanation:

The tribune was considered fire proof "up to the date of its death" implying that this was a much greater fire then any they had ever tested.

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)

- "when these words are put together to convey a meaning it is known as a sentence. a sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense. placing of words in a sentence is very important. the second sentence is a question."