Read the excerpt from "benin plaque: the oba with europeans":

whatever the real facts, the british, in ostensible revenge for the killing, organized a punitive expedition which raided benin city, exiled the oba and created the protectorate of southern nigeria.

based on the context clues, what is the meaning of the word punitive in the passage?

a. determined to find natural resources
b. intended to make peace
c. designed to inflict punishment
d. planned by world leaders

The answer is C, Designed to inflict punishment.

Explanation: The reason for the expedition was caused by the killing of a British officer and his men by the Benin army in the year 1897. The reason for the killing was stated that he has entered Belin without being welcome. Henceforth, The British Council in retaliation sent 1,200 soldiers to destroy Belin and punish its king.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

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)