SOURCE 1: According to writing expert Kenji Nakamura, the Internet, social media, and texting have significantly decreased the quality of students' writing in English classes. Nakamura compares student writing from 2010 and 1990 to show that over that period instances of "LOL," "IDK" and smiley faces increased 100 percent, and he argues that students must be taught to return to traditional grammar, SOURCE 2: English teacher Linda Idris claims that the rise of online media has given today's students more writing practice than any previous generation, with the result that students' comfort and competence with written communication have never been better. Expository writing, argumentative essays, critical thinking - everything is improved, according to a delighted Idris. Which statement best synthesizes information from both sources? A. The Internet has given students much more writing practice than before B. Kenji Nakamura only compared expressions that students used and did not concentrate on their ideas. C. Experts disagree about whether online writing has helped or hurt students writing skills overall D. Most people agree that smiley faces do not belong in formal writing.

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)

d. the two authors are in awe of nature; their experiences, reveal that time in nature can change people.

explanation:

the answer is a.

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