Why does the author say in paragraph 2 that the baby catfish (which she calls a "kitten-fish") has mother's milk not yet dry upon its lips, when fish don't really drink milk at all?
a)
the author is joking about how young the catfish is.
b)
the author is presenting a little known fact about catfish.
c)
the author has her facts wrong and thinks fish nurse like baby mammals.
d)
the author is trying to see if the reader knows the truth about catfish.

The author says in paragraph 2 that the baby catfish (which she calls a "kitten-fish") has mother's milk not yet dry upon its lips, when fish don't really drink milk at all because the author is joking about how young the catfish is.

Explanation:

The author is making a comparison between the catfish and the way mammals nurture to state the point that the little fish is so young that can not be considered as a real fish in terms of fishing or what you can do with that animal, this fish needs to grow, its stage in development is so low as the little newborn mammals.

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)