Which sentence uses the word intimidate correctly?

karla's idea for the performance was intimidate, and the audience went wild with applause.

even though my brother tries to intimidate me, i don't believe him because he's a big teddy bear at heart.

the relaxing sound of the gurgling creek intimidate the poet to write a poem.

marcia tried to intimidate that dad was going to take us to the cabin in the mountains this weekend.

Even though my brother tries to intimidate me, I don't believe him because he's a big teddy bear at heart.

Explanation: Because intimidate means to somewhat scare

B. Even though my brother tries to intimidate me, I don't believe him because he's a big teddy bear at heart.

Explanation: The definition of 'intimidate' is, "frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants." so option B would make the most sense in this scenario.

  dante alighieri wrote the divine comedy, a description of a spititual journey. when he wrote it , he was in exile. in florence, dante's native city, there was a social strife, they had political turmoil, and some of the   florentine names included in the narrative may have been a way that dante used to criticize his fellow citizens.

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)