Read the excerpt from "Broken Chain." Alfonso studied the magazine pictures of rock stars for a hairstyle. He liked the way Prince looked—and the bass
player from Los Lobos. Alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a V in the back and streaked
purple. But he knew his mother wouldn't go for it. And his father, who was puro Mexicano, would sit in his chair
after work, sullen as a toad, and call him "sissy."
Alfonso didn't dare color his hair. But one day he had it butched on the top, like in the magazines. His father had
come home that evening from a softball game, happy that his team had drilled four homers in a thirteen-to-five
bashing of Color Tile. He'd swaggered into the living room but had stopped cold when he saw Alfonso and asked,
not joking but with real concern, "Did you hurt your head at school? ¿Qué pasó?"
A student is writing a paragraph that makes the point that Alfonso's father is not a very likable character. Which
would provide the best example of this point?
O Soto's description of the father swaggering and being "sullen as a toad"
Soto's description of the father as "happy that his team had drilled four homers'
Soto's description of the father who would just sit in his chair" and had just stopped cold"
Soto's description of the father asking with real concern" if Alfonso hurt his head

To shows Alfonso's father is not a very likable character, the best option is:

A. Soto's description of the father swaggering and being "sullen as a toad".

Explanation:

"Broken Chain" is a story by author Gary Soto. Alfonso is the main character, a seventh grader who is constantly worried about his looks.

From the passage, we can extract a couple of pieces of evidence that show Alfonso's father is not a very likable character. First, the narrator says he would sit "sullen as a toad". Sullen already conveys a negative meaning - bad-tempered or gloomy. Now, "sullen as a toad" makes us imagine this man looking really grumpy, the corners of his mouth pointing downward. Second, the narrator uses the verb swagger to describe the way the father walked in. To swagger means to behave arrogantly. As we can see, Alfonso's father has a difficult, authoritative personality. Those two pieces of evidence show he is not very likable.

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)

a line graph will be best to show the income.