1. PART A: Which statement best expresses the central
idea of the text?
A Jesse Owens used his platform after his win at the
Olympics to bring attention to how white and black
athletes are treated differently.
B Even after Jesse Owens returned from the Olympics,
he continued to better himself as an athlete and
compete.
OC When Jesse Owens returned from the Olympics, he
demanded respect and to be treated like the hero he
was.
D Jesse Owens didn't allow the racial discrimination he
faced at home or abroad to keep him from doing
what he loved and succeeding at it.

Answer

C

When jesse owns returned from the Olympics, He demanded respect and to be treated like  the hero he was like

The answer is C i hope it helps :)

Explanation: People say it was degrading for an Olympic champion to run against a horse, but what was I supposed to do? I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals."

So said Jesse Owens in later life when reflecting on the challenges he faced and the decisions he took after returning home from the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games as one of the USA’s most successful men’s track and field athletes of all time.

The four-time gold medal winner declined an invitation to compete in Sweden immediately after the Games with fellow 1936 stars. The 22-year-old’s head had been turned by several lucrative commercial offers back in the USA. It proved a decision with considerable ramifications.

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)

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader