Hellp ill give brainliest to the first one that answers today 6/15/18 read the following passage written by a teen hero: i want to be a vocal advocate for nature. i reject the idea that i am too young to make a difference. i recently a group with a river cleanup. i was mortified to see the destruction of animals and plants. when i got home, i composed a letter to my state politicians and asked them to allocate more money to the local river cleanup effort. i believe my vocation is to citizens see that we are at a junction. we can decide to subject nature to abuse, or we can decide to be a benefactor to nature. i won't let obstacles detract from my mission. what is the meaning of the word "detract" as it is used in sentence 8? to join together to pull in the opposite direction to make or do the opposite to step back

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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)