ACTIVITY #2: Direction: Identify whether the sentence provided is a CLAIM or a STATEMENT.
Write your answer on the space provided.

1. The first two novels of The Hunger Games trilogy
have become New York Times bestsellers, while the third novel, Mockingjay, upon its
release ranked #1 on all US bestseller list.

2.The lead character in Cinderella is a young girl living
in miserable circumstances that abruptly became extraordinary after a night at a ball.

3. The Hunger Games trilogy has more well-developed
characters than the Harry Potter series.

4. If Cinderella's fairy godmother had not arrived to
help her get ready for the ball, she never would have married her Prince Charming

5. The San Francisco Giants baseball team achieved
the dynasty status when they secured the World Series in 2010, 2012, and 2014.​

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)

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

you're welcome ; p

its duck

me jerry

explanation:

i remeber a bit, but i don't have the exact qoute.

it said that everytime you chopped a head off a new one grew in it's place.

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