(Claim:) There should be a cap, or limit, on the salaries of professional athletes. (Reason:) Restricting the amount of money athletes can make will lead to various benefits for sports fans. (Reason:) Another benefit would be better competition at sporting events because team managers could focus more on acquiring athletes with special talents rather than on how much the player will cost. (Evidence:) If teams limit players’ salaries, they can reduce the cost of a ticket. (Evidence:) This would make games more affordable for fans.

How can Carmen improve the organization and clarity of her reasons and evidence?
A. Rewrite the claim sentence to include the reasons.
B. Add an explanation of how the evidence supports the reasons.
C. Group each reason with the evidence and explanation that support it.
D. Present all the reasons together at the beginning and then explain all the evidence.

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)

dickinson punctuation and lines in her poems to establish a rhythm. each reader will naturally find themselves reading the poem in the same way. she uses the repeating question marks and exclamation points to convey the passion in her words. shelley uses punctuation to paint a picture in the reader's mind. for example, the ellipses after "stand in the dessert" evoke a silence, as it would feel in a deserted, old place.