Which sentence uses the verbs correctly? a. of martha sinclair's novels, i find that four dogs and a girl have the most dramatic storytelling style. b. war and peace are tolstoy's masterpiece. c. lost cities describe the discoveries of many ancient civilizations. d. the land of horses demonstrates the importance of the west in the history of the u. s.

The sentence that uses the verbs correctly is D, since "the Land of the Horses" is the title of the novel (singular), thus the verb following adds a final -s.

A is wrong because of the same reason. "Four dogs and a Girl" is the title of the novel, so it should be followed by has instead of have.

B is wrong because War and Peace is just one novel. Therefore it should be followed by is rather than are.

C is wrong because, again, Lost Cities is the title of the novel, thus singular and should be followed by describes.

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)

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.