Which of the following statements regarding audience is true? a. consideration of the audience is less important than the message of an essay. b. an author should write for himself first; the audience is secondary. c. if you don't address your intended audience, there is still a good chance that your message will be conveyed successfully. d. words and examples must be chosen appropriately to address the audience.

The correct answer is D. Words and examples must be chosen appropriately to address the audience

Explanation:

In a speech or writing the main purpose is to convey a message to a specific person or group of people, because of this is quite important to consider the audience as the speech or text needs to be adapted to the audience interests, attitudes, beliefs, preferences and level of understanding, not only for the audience to correctly understand the message transmitted but to be interest on it and willing to hear. In this way, the style, organization, tone, vocabulary or words, examples, evidence, among others should be carefully chosen according to the features of the audience.

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)