Read the paragraphs.
uninsured people are less likely to receive medical care and more likely to have poor health status. the cost of poor health among uninsured people was almost $125 billion in 2004 (hadley & holahan, 2004).

the financial burden of medical care is also high for uninsured individuals; almost 50% of personal bankruptcy filings are due to medical expenses (jacoby, et al., 2000). uninsured individuals report more problems getting care, are diagnosed at later disease stages, and get less therapeutic care.

a. to support the claim that the lack of health insurance is a financial burden, the author uses
b. evidential support, such as facts, figures, and statistics.
c. anecdotes to illustrate how the problem affects people.
d. descriptive language to reveal the hardships of the uninsured.
e. reasons that directly address the counterclaim presented.

A). Evidential support, such as facts, figures and statistics.

Explanation:

The central claim of the given paragraphs is displayed when the author describes that people are landing in bankruptcy due to a lack of health insurance which exemplifies a financial burden. In order to substantiate his claim, the author uses certain pieces of evidence like data('uninsured people have poor health status'), figures('50% of people'), statistics('Jacoby, et al., 2000') which supports his argument positively and effectively. Thus, option A best supports the author's central claim that describes the lack of  health insurance as a financial burden.

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)

i think the literacy device is "it's frozen head"