Which of the following sentences is correct? * 1.Jesse Owens is one of the greatest athletes ever because he rose from humble roots and changed the world.
2.Jesse Owens is one of the greatest athletes ever, because he rose from humble roots and changed the world.
3.Jesse Owens is one of the greatest athletes ever, since he rose from humble roots and changed the world.

1. Jesse Owens is one of the greatest athletes ever because he rose from humble roots and changed the world.

Explanation:

Among the options given in the question, the correct sentence is option 1. This is after checking the use of punctuation and other aspects of what makes a sentence correct.

In sentence 1, there is no use of the comma, whereas sentences 2 and 3 both contain commas after the word "ever", which is not necessary. The sentence is free-flowing and presents a simple fact about Jesse Owens. Moreover, it contains one independent clause and so the use of a comma is unnecessary.

Thus, the correct answer is option 1.

his humanity shines from every page as he bears witness to the tragedy which befell the jewish race at the hands of the nazis. wiesel was a romanian-born jew whose home town of sighet was occupied by the hungarians for most of the second world war. in may 1944, all the jews in the area were forced into cattle wagons and transported to auschwitz.

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)