Select the indirect quotation that correctly sequences the verbs. Rockwell said that he was striving to completely capture everything. Rockwell said that he strived to completely capture everything. Rockwell said that he had been striving to completely capture everything. Rockwell said that he had strived to completely capture everything. Mark this and return

This question is missing the quotation. I've found it online. It is as follows:

"Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible" (Rockwell).

The indirect quotation that correctly sequences the verbs is:

4. Rockwell said that he had strived to completely capture everything.

Explanation:

In this question, we were asked to work with indirect speech. Indirect speech means we are reporting what was said by someone. The general rule is that, when we report, we should use the past tense of the original tense used by the speaker. That is, if the speaker used verbs in the Simple Present, we should report them in the Simple Past etc. There are exceptions to this general rule, of course. In some specific cases, we will not change the verb tense. But, since the quotation we are working with is indeed about something that has already taken place, we must make the changes. When the speaker uses the Simple Past, we should report with the Past Perfect. Therefore:

"Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible" (Rockwell).

Rockwell said that he had strived to completely capture everything.

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)