Which supporting detail is most helpful in determining whether the author's purpose is to inform, explain, persuade, inspire, or entertain?
Just try not to laugh as I tell you about the time I made my sister a
birthday cake! I'm not the greatest baker, but I was following a recipe. I
mixed everything together just right and poured the batter into the pan.
Then I placed it in the oven and set the temperature to 400 degrees,
just like the directions said.
Exactly 18 minutes later, I pulled out the beautiful cake and frosted it.
Everything was perfect until my sister cut into the cake. As she
removed the first slice, uncooked batter oozed out from the middle of
the cake. Guests looked at me with a mixture of shock and
amusement. That's when I learned an important lesson about
preheating the oven. We had fun retelling the story over ice cream
sundaes at the shop down the street

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)

the best and correct answer is (a); baba feels guilty about fathering hassan

explanation: