Excerpt from: hiring a babysitter tracy wilson “good is hard to find.” while it may sound cliché, it can certainly be true as one father recently discovered. after running an ad in a local newspaper, the father of twin toddlers interviewed several potential candidates and narrowed it down to two he thought to be the most qualified. both women were in their forties and very pleasant, and he thought that either of them would do an excellent job. undecided, he ran a background check on each of the women and was shocked to find that one of the women had an extensive criminal history and was recently treated in a mental health facility. obviously, he hired the other woman. a week later, the father was shocked when he picked up a newspaper and read that the woman he did not hire had severely injured a little girl who was under her care. 1.)how does the author support the argument that ‘good is hard to find? ’ a) by listing the current statistics concerning employment b) by explaining the procedures for conducting a background check c) by naming babysitters in the u. s. who have a criminal background eliminate d) by describing an incident involving a father seeking a babysitter

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)