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read the excerpt from enrique’s journey.
moreover, the mara salvatrucha street gangsters, some deported from los angeles, always prowl the train tops looking for sleepers. many ms gangsters settle in chiapas after committing crimes in the united states and being expelled to their home countries in central america. the police in chiapas are more forgiving of gangs than those in el salvador or honduras.
how does the meaning of the underlined word, prowl, support the author’s purpose in this excerpt?
select two options.
a. it illustrates that the police overlook the gangsters’ crimes.
b. it shows what happens when police allow gangsters to operate.
c. it indicates that the gangsters are looking for vulnerable people.
d. it explains why the gangsters were sent back to their home countries.
e. it supports the idea that the gangsters are involved in criminal activities.

C. It indicates that the gangsters are looking for vulnerable people.

E. It supports the idea that the gangsters are involved in criminal activities.

Explanation:

Prowl means to sneak around, stalk. These two options best support what it means to prowl.

The answers are C (It indicates that the gangsters are looking for vulnerable people) and E (It supports the idea that the gangsters are involved in criminal activities)

Explanation:

The word prowl could be exemplified as the way that animals hunt. They stare at the prey for a time and then they attack. The staring and moving slowly part is Prowling.

The text says that the street gangsters prowl the train tops, where homeless people usually seek shelter, therefore, they look for vulnerable people, as they know that homeless situation makes people needy and really accessible. This procedure, supports the fact that they are not looking for people to do legal things, which drives to the fact that they look for people to perform criminal activities.

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)