Suppose you would like to go ice-skating. to see if this a good idea, you decide to check the daily newspaper for a weather report. what specific information should you look for?
a. the 90-day forecast
b. the time of sunrise and sunset
c. the temperature
d. the average wind speed

If I plan to go ice-skating, in order to see if this is a good idea, I should check the temperature in the daily newspaper. The correct answer is C.

Explanation:

All the other options are not useful if I want to ice-skate. The first one is not helpful because I want to go today, or tomorrow, I don't need a 90 day forecast. The time of sunrise and sunset is not important because I can ice-skate during the day or night, and the average wind speed is not necessary to go ice-skating. The only option possible is C because by knowing the temperature we will know the state of the ice rink and which clothes to wear before going out.

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)