Read the sentence. abashed by the harsh criticism, the mortifying writer decided to rewrite the beginning of the book. what is the best way to revise the sentence? a) change “abashed” to “abashing” b) change “mortifying” to “mortified” c) change “to rewrite” to “rewriting” d) change “beginning” to “began”

The best way to revise the sentence is the following one:

B) change “mortifying” to “mortified”.

Explanation:

Since the writer was abashed by the harsh criticism, it was only natural that he felt "mortified" rather than "mortifying". Both are adjectives, with different meanings, though.

Adjectives that end with the suffix "ed" express how someone is feeling due to a number of reasons, among them something that was done to them. It is the case here, since the writer suffered the impact of the harsh criticism: it made him feel "mortified". More examples:

The tired man decided to take a rest.

The abandoned place seemed to be ancient.

The desired woman looked bashful.

The respected novelist won an award.

Adjectives that end with the suffix "ing" express the impact someone or something has on others. Examples:

We watched a boring movie yesterday.

The teacher answered the question in a clarifying way.

Mary has a routine of tiring workout.

Terminator is a killing machine.

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)