Which statement best represents the controlling idea of the paragraph? On a crisp autumn day, a group of energetic kids gathers to play one of

America's favorite sports, and it's not football. Most people associate

autumn with football games, but a rising number of people are

choosing to play another kind of football: soccer. According to Play

Soccer magazine, soccer has become the third most played team

sport in the United States. With this startling statistic in mind, it is

unbelievable that most school soccer teams receive very little funding.

Soccer interest is on the rise, and that is why our schools should

designate more funding for their soccer programs.

O A. Soccer is a sport that should be played primarily in the autumn

months.

O B. Because schools do not provide adequate support for soccer,

more kids are playing for teams outside of their schools.

OC. Schools should focus on building their soccer programs, since

more kids are playing soccer than ever before.

O D. Soccer is a team sport that is rising in popularity, while football is

declining

ILL GIVE BRAINLIEST :]

B> I did the test and got it right

covert: hidden or secret

candid: truthful and straightforward

what i get from these phrases is covert means undercover or underground and that's where the flower is in april. on the other hand, may is the month where flowers start to bloom and thats the reason why candid is being used as a word to describe the blossoming period of a flower.

hope this answer you.

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)