Ibelieve that seneca school district should not start year-round classes, as this would harm many students and teachers. having year-round classes with short breaks could save our school money, but could harm students' educations. i believe that having four, rather than one, extended breaks will make students forget more information. students need to review after their current summer breaks and will need to review three times more per year if they are given four extended breaks. also, students will not be able to get summer jobs or be involved in summer camps if they go to school during the summer. furthermore, some of the schools in our district do not have air conditioning, which makes them inappropriate for use during the summer. read this draft of the beginning of a persuasive speech. which of these choices best states the author's purpose in writing this speech? a) to explain how year-round schooling works b) to describe the schedule of a year-round school c) to teach the audience how to begin year-round schooling d) to convince the audience that year-round schooling is harmful

D) to convince the audience that year-round schooling is harmful.

Explanation:

The persuasive speech illuminates, teaches and persuades or rouses a crowd of people to accomplish something. You are basically attempting to influence the group of onlookers to embrace your own perspective.  

Persuasive speeches are interesting, brave and have an unmistakable assessment. You ought to talk about something you are educated about and can contend your conclusion for, just as dispassionately examine counter-contentions.

D

Explanation:

the author's purpose for writing the speech is to convince the audience that year-round schooling is harmful.

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)