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You have been asked to write an essay for or against subprime auto loans.
Which of the following contains the best thesis statement and supporting ideas for this essay?
Thesis statement:
Subprime auto loans trap low-income people in a cycle of debt and should be more heavily regulated.
• Subprime auto loans are marketed to people who have few resources and desperately need a car to get to work. They
have interest rates several times higher than prime loans because borrowers have no choice.
• High interest rates mean borrowers pay far more than the vehicle is worth, and long terms mean they often owe for
longer than the car lasts.
• When a borrower defaults, lenders repossess the car and sue or garnish wages for the balance of the loan. Then
borrowers have to take out another subprime loan, because of their need for transportation, and the cycle repeats.
Thesis statement:
Subprime auto loans should be banned before they trigger a financial crisis.
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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)

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