Using your knowledge of roots, choose the best word to complete the following sentence: mark had a gift for ; he seemed to be able to relate to anyone's pain and sorrow. empathy apathy perfidy gravity

The correct answer is A. Empathy

Explanation:

In language, it is common the meaning of words depends on the parts that compose them, this includes the root that is the basic section in the word as well as the prefixes or suffixes added to it. In the case of the word "empathy" the root in it is "pathy" that derives from the Greek word "pathos" that means feelings or suffering while "em" is a prefix that means "in". This implies the word "empathy" is about "feeling in" or identifying with the emotions or feelings of others and therefore this word is the one that completes the sentence as it is related to Mark being "able to relate to anyone's pain and sorrow".

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)