Senator mckee, i am writing to humbly request your presence at our harper middle school honors brunch, the annual event where we celebrate our students and, of course, eat some rockin' breakfast sandwiches. i know you're crazy busy, but if you find an hour to spare this saturday, we'd all be super excited. which revision best maintains an academic style throughout? a. senator mckee, i am writing to humbly request your presence at our harper middle school honors brunch, the annual event where we celebrate our students and eat some delicious vittles to boot. i know how busy you are, but if you could find the time to attend, everyone involved would be fired up. b. senator mckee, i am demanding your presence at our harper middle school honors brunch, the annual event where we celebrate our students and eat some delicious breakfast foods. why wouldn't you come? i know how busy you are, but if you could find the time to attend, everyone would dig it. c. senator mckee, i'm checking in to see if you'd be up for the harper middle school honors brunch, the annual event where we give props to our students and eat some delicious breakfast foods. i know how busy you are, but if you could find the time to attend, everyone involved would be very grateful. d. senator mckee, i am writing to humbly request your presence at our harper middle school honors brunch, the annual event where we celebrate our students and eat some delicious food. i know how busy you are, but if you could find the time to attend, everyone would be grateful.\

The correct answer is D. Senator McKee, I am writing to humbly request your presence at our Harper Middle School Honors Brunch, the annual event where we celebrate our students and eat some delicious food. I know how busy you are, but if you could find the time to attend, everyone would be grateful.

Explanation:

In writing, an academical style refers to a type of writing that is mainly formal and impersonal, this means elements such as contractions, words that express feelings or judgments, slangs or colloquial words are avoided and instead grammar is followed and formal words are included. In the case of the original sentence, the use of language in  "rockin' breakfast sandwiches" "you're crazy busy", "spare" and "we'd all be super excited" are too informal, also they include colloquialism and contractions that are not suitable.

This means, to revise this sentence it is required to replace those words by more formal ones and omit contractions. According to this, the most appropriate revision would be option D. as in this case the term "some delicious food", "how busy you are", "attend" and "everyone would be grateful" have been used to replace the informal section and all of them use formal language, do not include contractions and follow grammar and therefore fit with the academical tone.

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)