Which statement is punctuated correctly? a selena, started playing hockey, her favorite sport when she was seven because her older sister was a star goalie. b selena started playing hockey, her favorite sport when she was seven because her older sister was a star goalie. c selena started playing hockey, her favorite sport, when she was seven because her older sister was a star goalie. d selena started playing hockey her favorite sport, when she was seven, because her older sister was a star goalie.

The correct answer is C. Selena started playing hockey, her favorite sport, when she was seven because her older sister was a star goalie.

Explanation:

A sentence is punctuated correctly if commas, semicolons, and other punctuation marks are used according to grammar rules and conventions. In the case of the sentence presented, correct punctuation includes adding commas to enclosed "her favorite sport" because this section of the sentence is an appositive to describe "hockey", and according to grammar rules appositives are enclosed in commas as these are just extra information. Moreover, a period should be added at the end of the sentence to indicate the sentence or idea finished

According to this, the statement that is punctuated correctly is C. because this includes the commas to enclose the appositive as well as the period at the end of the sentence.

a. the scene is structured as a dialogue between two characters in their own informal language.

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)