Write a paragraph about any topic (maybe video games or a show you like) using a variety of sentence patterns and proper subordination. use each of the sentence patterns at least once. use each of the verbal types and dependent clause types at least once.

Reading is an important activity. Practicing the activity of reading has certain benefits such as mental stimulation, stress reduction, vocabulary expansion, memory improvement, focus, and concentration improvement, among many other benefits. These benefits are more likely to be acquired if the action is repeated frequently since the brain is a muscle, it needs to practice constantly. Vocabulary expansion also depends on the type of texts chosen to read; it will not be the same vocabulary acquirement by reading a novel than by reading academic articles, because the style of writing, the context, and the lexicon will be very different.

explanation:

the goblins and dwarves have different perspectives of things. bilbo is a hobbit and goblins dwarves and hobbits all believe and do a different way of living

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)