Luka is trying to convince her parents to let her go on a trip to Japan. Her parents aren’t sure yet. Which sentence best convinces Luka's parents that a trip to Japan is a good idea? A.
Japan is an island located off the Pacific Ocean in Asia, and it has a very large population.
B.
Japan has many great opportunities for shopping.
C.
Since I learned Japanese last summer, it would be nice to be able to practice speaking it.
D.
Tokyo is the largest city in Japan, and Mt. Fuji is the tallest mountain in the country.

i believe it's c.

explanation:

this answer does make sense to me because the others don't really make sense to

also, it makes no sense to write a persuasive essay with the same topic you have chosen in the

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)