Read the excerpt from fast food nation. at taco bell restaurants the food is “assembled,” not prepared. the guacamole isn’t made by workers in the kitchen; it’s made at a factory in michoacán, mexico, then frozen and shipped north. the chain’s taco meat arrives frozen and precooked in vacuum-sealed plastic bags. the beans are dehydrated and look like brownish corn flakes. the cooking process is fairly simple. “everything’s add water,” a taco bell employee told me. “just add hot water.” the taco bell employee’s quote supports schlosser’s argument in this excerpt because it
a. provides personal opinions about the working conditions in fast food restaurants.
b. the reader visualize teenagers working in fast food restaurants.
c. provides expert testimony about the nutritional quality of fast food.
d. emphasizes the obsession with consistency and standardization in the fast food industry.

D. emphasizes the obsession with consistency and standardization in the fast food industry.

Explanation:

"Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser depicts the reality behind the fast food industry and the process of how our foods that we enjoy really came about. In the above extract, the revelation of the way Taco Bell restaurants function and made it's foods are an eye opener for the readers. With the revelation of the "assembling" of the various ingredients just after they are ordered shows that the people's obsession with the consistency and standardization of the fast food industry has become more important than the quality and freshness of the food provided.

ethos, logos, and pathos.

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)