Claim: the city should reduce the rate of subways and buses from $2.25 per ride to $1.25 per ride.

which is an effective counterclaim to this claim?

the current price of public transportation is necessary for paying workers and maintaining safe equipment.

if public transportation were less expensive, more people would be able to utilize it on a daily basis.

the cost of public transportation at the current rate can really add up for a person who travels to work every day.

a person who chooses to use public transportation has several options, including buying a thirty-day pass.

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)

b. brooks wrote about the same type of neighborhood in which she grew up.