Which statement best represents the controlling idea of the paragraph? So, you're thinking about starting a business. Perhaps you think you're ready for the 12-hour days, the constant doubt, and the pressure to make a profit. But what about the big businesses who will try to crush you? What about the insane tax forms, the difficult employees, and the equipment that will fail you at the worst possible times? Do you really think you have what it takes to start a business? A. Even the best businesses require luck to succeed in the current market. B. Starting a business is difficult and requires a lot of hard work. C. Equipment failure is one of the main problems businesses face. D. Today, more people fail at starting a business than ever before. B CORRECT

B. Starting a business is difficult and requires a lot of hard work.

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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)

- "he is a very real person and his intent isn't to influence us vonnegut addresses this towards the end of the letter when he says, if we choose to curse, that is by our own individual means."