Read the paragraph.

(1) owning a pet is popular in the united states. (2) for example, an estimated 83 million people own dogs and about 95 million own cats. (3) however, only about twenty percent of people choose to adopt their pet from a shelter. (4) specifically, that’s about 3–4 million cats and dogs who are adopted each year from shelters. (5) finally, 6–8 million enter shelters.

which transition in the paragraph should be revised?

revise “for example” at the beginning of sentence 2.

revise “however” at the beginning of sentence 3.

revise “specifically” at the beginning of sentence 4.

revise “finally” at the beginning of sentence 5.

The correct answer is option D) Revise “finally” at the beginning of Sentence 5.

In this case, the author is writing about pets in the USA but it is not providing a chronological order for that. And the sentence connector "finally" is usually used when giving an order together with other connectors such as "first, second, finally".

Option A should not be revised as the sentence connector "for example" is providing evidence for the previous statement.

Option B is also correctly used in the sentence since the connector "however" is indicating a contradition between ownership of pets and how they are acquired.

Option C is also correctly placed in the sentence since the connector "specifically" is providing concrete examples of the previous sentence.

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)