1. What parts of Roosevelt's speech did you find to be strongest? What parts did you find to be weakest? Discuss Roosevelt's reasoning and his rhetoric.

2. How valid did you find Roosevelt's evidence? Was it sufficient, credible, and
relevant?

3. Did Roosevelt use any logical fallacies or fallacious reasoning? If so, where
in the speech did he do so?

4. How was the experience of listening to the speech different from the
experience of reading it? In which form were you better able to notice and
evaluate the reasoning and rhetoric in Roosevelt's argument?

The great depression, which lasted throughout the 1930s in the united states, affected many people, and it had a devastating impact on an entire subset of the u.s. population. modernist writer john steinbeck wrote about the toll the depression took on these families, many of whom were forced to leave their farms and find other sources of income.

Read the sentence below about the chicago fire of 1871. schaffer told someone else to strike the wrong alarm box and that caused a miscommunication during the chicago fire of 1871. which revision is the best example of adding concrete details? schaffer told another person in his office to sound the wrong alarm and that caused a big miscommunication during the chicago fire. schaffer told his assistant to strike the wrong alarm box and that caused a miscommunication during the massive chicago fire of 1871. schaffer mistakenly told his assistant to strike alarm box 342 instead of the correct box and that caused a miscommunication during a fire in chicago. schaffer mistakenly told his assistant to strike alarm box 342, and as a result, firefighters were directed to an incorrect location during the chicago fire of 1871.

Read the excerpt from act ii, scene iii of romeo and juliet. romeo: i warrant thee my man’s as true as steel. the simile in the excerpt means that romeo’s man a, has a sharp wit. b. is a loyal servant. c. has a hard personality. d. makes pointed comments.