Which sentence is best structured to make a direct statement about one idea?
A. Since NASA was founded, it has sent more than 250 astronauts
into space.
B. The mission of NASA is to explore outer space.
C. Some people think that NASA should focus on exploring the
universe, but others believe that building a colony on the moon is
the most important goal, even though it will be difficult.
D. NASA is known for sending humans to the moon, but the famous
space program has also sent an unmanned spaceship to Mars.

B.

Explanation:

It goes directly to the point and is more of a main idea than the other answer choices which are more of details.

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)

obama was told in early july 2004 that he was chosen to deliver the address, and he largely wrote the speech himself, with later edits from the kerry presidential campaign.