When I was eighteen I became eligible to get a union card,

which meant I could get a full-time summer job with better

pay (I continued to work at Sickser’s during the Christmas

season). I joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters’

Local 812, the Soft Drink Workers Union. Every morning I

went downtown to the union hall to stand in line to get a day’s

work as a helper on a soft-drink truck. It was hard work, and I

became an expert at tossing wooden twenty-four-bottle Coca-

Cola cases by grabbing a corner bottle without breaking it.

After a few weeks, the foreman noticed my work and asked

if I’d like to try driving a Coke truck. Since I was a teamster, I

had a chauffeur’s license and was authorized to drive a truck.

The problem was that I had never driven a truck in my life.

But, hey, why not? It paid better.

What sentence from this passage shows an informal tone and portrays Powell as an ordinary person?

I continued to work at Sickser's during the Christmas season.

After a few week, the foreman noticed my work and asked if I'd like to try driving the Coke truck.

When I was eighteen I became eligible to get a union card...

But, hey, why not?

But hey? Why not? It paid better.

Explanation:

This is informal, or something normal people would say. A formal version of this would be "Why shouldn't I if it paid better?"

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)