The  best  way to make inferences is to combine background knowledge with  , or the proof found in the details provided in the text.

I would say that the correct choice to fill in the blank in the question: The best way to make inferences is to combine background knowledge with:, or the proof found in the details provided in the text, would be: Evidence.

Explanation:

An inference is precisely the conclusion, or the understanding, that you reach on something, given the details, the background and the evidence that is given to you. Without this, inferences would be devoid of veracity. But in order to make a good inference, a valid one, an analyst needs to first get some information, basic information, from a text, or discourse, to be able to reach such a conclusion. These pieces of information are: the background data, and most importantly, the evidence.

The answer is Evidence

I got it right on edge

Explanation:

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)