May is writing this explanatory article about light bulbs. The most common type of bulb is the incandescent bulb, which heats a filament wire to produce light. In contrast, an LED bulb contains semiconductors that emit light when turned on. Incandescent bulbs last about 750 hours while LEDs last about 20,000 hours. So why are we still using old, inefficient bulbs?

What details from the text support the idea that the paragraph uses a compare and contrast organizational strategy?

A.
The descriptions of how the bulbs create light and how long they last
B.
The information that the semiconductors in LED bulbs make them last a long time
C.
The question the author poses about why we are using old, inefficient bulbs
D.
The information that incandescent bulbs heat filament wires to produce light

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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)

journalism is the gathering, organizing, and distribution of news -- to include feature stories and commentary -- through the wide variety of print and non-print media outlets. it is not a recent phenomenon, by any means; the earliest reference to a journalistic product comes from rome circa 59 b.c., when news was recorded in a circular called the acta diurna. it enjoyed daily publication and was hung strategically throughout the city for all to read, or for those who were able to read.

b is the answer.   i sat on the lumpy sofa, totally exhausted, with a bad taste in my mouth, wondering what i should do next.