Resolution: students should not have to complete daily homework.
argument: students should have to complete daily homework. a recent study conducted by teacher institute* indicates that students who complete their daily homework perform better in school than their non-homework-completing peers. another study, that was conducted throughout the four years of high school, found that homework doers were 51% more likely to graduate and attend a four-year college with tuition assistance.**
*fictional name
**all statistics are fictional
why is this excerpt an example of a policy debate?
a.
it uses wit to make its argument.
b.
it uses all the debate styles, not just policy debate.
c.
it argues the ethical arguments of the resolution.
d.
it uses research to support its position on the resolution without appeal to ethics.

The correct answer is D. It uses research to support its position on the resolution without appeal to ethics.

Explanation:

A policy debate is a type of debate that aims at showing why a policy should be changed, which means policy debate aim at explaining how a policy is necessary or need to be changed in some way, in this case, the policy debate is about the implementation of daily homework in schools. Additionally, for proving any point related to a policy it is necessary to provide relevant and reliable evidence, this means the evidence should not be based on personal experiences or appeal to the feelings, moral or ethics, instead it should use external scientific researches by reputable authors. Considering this, the argument presented is an example of policy debate because it deals with the discussion of policies (school policies) and supports the main argument of it by using reliable sources which in this case are external research that supports the main claim.

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)

use the headings to create an overview of the main points.