What would be the best way to respond
respectfully and add another perspective?
o "don't know. i think vonnegut probably
meant something different entirely."
"no way! you totally missed the point about
conformity."
"you're probably right. i suppose the story is
about the pressure inside of us."
"possibly, but what if it's more about external
pressure from society? "
done

The best way to respond respectfully and add another perspective is:

letter D) "Possibly, but what if it's more about external  pressure from society?"

Explanation:

A crucial characteristic of effective communicators is the ability to express their opinions without offending or attacking their interlocutor. They keep the conversation going with ease and respect, making sure both sides get to talk and to listen without provoking unnecessarily heated arguments.

Among the options provided in the question, the one that responds respectfully and adds another perspective is letter D) "Possibly, but what if it's more about external  pressure from society?" The speaker is acknowledging the correctness of the interlocutor's opinion before stating his/her own. Letters A and B, on the other hand, completely dismiss the possibility of the interlocutor being right. Words such as "entirely" and "totally", when used to disagree, give quite an aggressive meaning to the sentence. Letter C is a whole different case. It does not add another perspective. It merely agrees with the opinion previously stated.

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)