When i walked to the plate with the bases loaded, i knew the entire team was counting on me to come through. i took the first pitch for a called strike, then fouled off the next five pitches. with the count 0-2, i took a couple pitches well out of the strike zone, evening the count. the 2-2 pitch was a breaking ball, and i crushed it hard into the gap in left-center field, scoring two runs and winning the game for us! if the writer wished to add a sentence between the first and second sentence of the passage in order to clarify the sequence and build tension, which of these choices would be most appropriate? a) i knew the pitcher, but not very well. b) this was my favorite game of all time. c) my father later told me how proud he felt of me at this moment. d) i could hear the fans roaring, and i knew everyone in the dugout sat with their rally caps in place and their fingers crossed.

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)