Excerpt from Seaplanes Roberto Barerra
SThough militaries no longer use seaplanes regularly, they still fulfill many purposes. Coast
guards around the world use seaplanes during rescues because of their ability to fly long
distances while searching for stranded people in the water. Fire fighters also use these planes to
drop large amounts of water over forest fires. Even airline companies even use seaplanes to fly
passengers to remote areas where airstrips do not exist.
Why do airline companies find seaplanes useful?
A)
They can be used during combat missions.
B)
They can track the movements of other airplanes.
C)
They can transport passengers to remote locations that do not have
airstrips.
D)
They are very beautiful to look at when they are taking off or landing.
Key Ideas and Details

C)  They can transport passengers to remote locations that do not have

airstrips.

Explanation:

According to the excerpt, the major purpose for the use of seaplanes is to perform some exerting tasks that other airplanes may not be able to perform. This becomes necessary in the light that these seaplanes most times lie dormant because of their irregular use for military purposes.

A stated reason as to why these planes are employed by airline companies is to convey passengers to isolated locations that do not have landing grounds as the normal airplanes require.

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)