11. Question 11
0.2 Points
Which sentence best states the implied main idea of the passage?
Mac McGill was having his car repaired at Bob's garage in the village of Greenbush. Bob had the bood up and
was leaning over the engine making an adjustment. At one point Bob asked Mac to get into the driver's seat,
turn on the engine, and step on the gas pedal. A short time later, he asked Mac to "Hold 'er down." so Mac
stepped on the gas some more, making the engine run faster
Bob immediately raised his voice: "Hold 'er down. Hold 'er downl" Mac stepped on the pedal even harder,
Now the engine was racing full blast.
Bob, furious, shouted, "What's the matter with you? Didn't I tell you to 'hold'er down'?"
Suddenly Mac realized that Bob wanted him to press less heavily on the gas pedal, not more. He also
remembered that
Bob had originally come from a different part of the country, where the meaning of "Hold 'er down" might be
different from what it was in the Greenbush area.
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A. Bob and Mac had different ideas about what "Hold 'er down" meant
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B. Semantic confusion occurs when people who try to communicate give different meanings to the words
used,
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C. Car owners should use mechanics with whom they can communicate well.
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D. People who speak different languages and require translation are likely to have difficulty

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and also the mystery girl it might be someone that she might know in her school

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)