After a long day of waiting in line to get tickets to popular monuments, trekking through the thousands of exhibits in the Smithsonian buildings, and lugging camera equipment in the summer heat, a refreshing break from touring our nation's capital is a night out to see the Capitol Steps, they are a comedy troupe performing since 1981. This lively and talented group of performers offers a constantly changing musical review satirizing the political scandals of the moment. The three originators, all gathered at a Christmas office party for Senator Charles Percy, began their venture into political satire soon after, the current troupe performs regularly at the theater in the Ronald Reagan Building, the ensemble has also recorded twenty-eight albums. These albums include such hit favorites as "Cheney Get Your Gun," "Duke of Oil," "I'm So Indicted," more recently, they have written "Barack Around the Clock." The entire cast participates in both creating and performing the material, each show is a side-splitting lesson in contemporary politics. Which option below would be an acceptable revision of the underlined selection?

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)

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