Prompt Assignment:
In life people make critical choices that will have an impact on who they become as they get older. There are choices you
have already made that have affected your life in significant ways
PROMPT
Write a proposal in a letter format to the school administrators requesting a change to a policy that affects you as a
student, such as
• Dress Code
• Cell Phone
• Closed Campus Lunch
• School Schedule (start/stop times)
NOTE
This is a subjective explanation in which you describe the problem you intend to address and what you hope to
accomplish by fixing it. Describe in detail the significance of the problem and provide supporting facts and
evidence.
REQUIREMENTS
Your letter should have 3 specific paragraphs:
(1) introduction and/or background of the problem,
(2) proposed solution using rhetorical devices (ethos, logos, pathos), and
(3) call to action or next steps.
• 1 page minimum
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Formal Letter Format Date, Header, Salutation, and at least three body paragraphs

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)

do you know the answer?