Identify the correct information about contractions. Select all that apply.

Contractions are made with nouns
Contractions are made up of verbs
Contractions have an apostrophe to show where letters are left out
Contractions join two words together by dropping one syllable

"Contractions have an apostrophe to show where letters are left out" and "Contractions join two words together by dropping one syllable" are the correct answers

Explanation:

one example of a contraction is from "do not" to "don't"

the five different scouting organizations are cub scouts, boy scouts, girl scouts, brownies, and 4h. the main purpose of the scouting movement is to young people develop mentally, spiritually and physically.

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)