Tommy wanted a skateboard badly. Sometimes he would stay after school just to watch the older boys do tricks on the stairs. Tommy thought that it looked like so much fun to grind
down rails and kickflip over gaps. He imagined performing jaw-dropping tricks on the
landmarks he passed on his way home. After months of saving money and begging his
grandma, Tommy finally got a skateboard. With a beaming grin across his face, Tommy ran to
his driveway and tried one of the tricks that he had imagined. As Tommy put his first foot on
his skateboard, the skateboard slid out from under him and he fell on his butt. Tommy broke
out into tears. That was the last time that Tommy rode a skateboard.
What is a possible theme of the passage above?
O A. Things aren't always as easy as they appear to be
OB.
Skateboarding is dangerous
O c.
Tommy was unprepared to try a new sport.
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answea is A. things arent always as easy as they appear toh be

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)

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explanation:

that is the answer