For each sentence, cross out any prepositional phrases. Then underline the subject once and the verb twice. Remember to include any helping verb(s) 1. Gasoline from the broken fuel line dripped onto the floor of the garage.

2. Elephants often form lifelong bonds with members of their herd.

I’m only doing these two questions because I don’t want to overload y’all with too many. But if you are a grammar expert, I would GLADLY appreciate any help on the rest!

Answer and Explanation:

A prepositional phrase is constituted by a preposition and its object (complement). We can easily find it in the sentence by finding the preposition.

Now, I know we are supposed to cross the prepositional phrases out as our first step, but since that format is not supported here, I will italicize them. Please, consider them as having been crossed out:

1. Gasoline from the broken fuel line dripped onto the floor of the garage.

2. Elephants often form lifelong bonds with members of their herd.

The next step is to find and underline the subject once. Remember, subjects are the topic of the sentence. Let's do this:

1. Gasoline dripped onto the floor of the garage.

2. Elephants often form lifelong bonds.

Finally, we must underline the verbs twice. Again, that format is not supported here, so I will highlight the verbs:

1. Gasoline dripped onto the floor of the garage.

2. Elephants often form lifelong bonds.

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)