Read the paragraph.

when allison saw the advertisement for a free basketball clinic at the community center, she knew she would attend. tryouts for her school team were still a month away, and her jump shot needed work if she wanted to be selected this year. hours of work with her brother had improved her technique, and her layups were consistent. she could hold her own in neighborhood games of three-on-three, but her outside shots rarely made it through the hoop. allison hoped that the instruction at the clinic would address this weakness. she marked her calendar for the event and headed out to the driveway.

what can readers conclude about allison? check all that apply.

she wants to play on her school’s basketball team.
she has better basketball skills than her brother.
she is willing to practice to improve her skills.
she has experience playing basketball with her friends.
she hopes to learn the rules of basketball at the clinic.

Answers 1, 3, 4, apply

Explanation:

Answer two is incorrect. Answer five does not seem to apply because she knows the rules of basketball but wants to improve her skills. Hope this helps.

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 word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

explanation: