Ex: 1 Place a check in the blank next to each sentence whose main verb is a linking verb. Fiona is Irish.

1. Irish Americans are one of this country's largest immigrant groups.
2. About 40 million Americans claim Irish ancestry.
3. This total is almost ten times the number of people in the country of Ireland today.
4. Among the states with the largest number of Irish Americans are Massachusetts,
Delaware, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island,
5. Irish immigrants came to this country very early in its history.
6. Ireland was a country with a large population.
7. The large number of people caused a rise in the poverty level.
8. Many Irish felt hopeful about the endless job opportunities in America.
9. In 1845 a terrible potato famine struck Ireland.
10. The first big wave of Irish immigrants started in the 1840s.
11. Most Irish immigrants settled in the large cities of the Northeast.

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)

pulling in the reader is important

sing because that is what they are doing in the sentence

explanation:

the simple predicate is the main verb in the predicate that tells what the subject does. example: my father fixed the dryer. read each sentence. draw a line under the complete predicate.

i think she wanted to protect her children from the extreme racism of the american south.