The suburbs still have the potential to deliver on the core principles that led to their development.
Space to spread out need not mean distancing
ourselves from our neighbors.

The suburbs still have the potential to deliver on the core principles that led to the development. Space to spread out need not mean distancing ourselves from our neighbors. The cities do not hold a monopoly on character; we are the architects of the character of our community, and that is what America needs more of: community architects, ready to go to work.

Passage A, the discussion in the final paragraph
implies that the author:

A. blames poor city
planning for the existence of the suburb.

B. thinks today's suburbs are actually fascinating
and beautiful.

C. believes most people take too little interest in
their surroundings

D. is optimistic about the possibilities of the
American suburb.

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)

mark twain, real name samuel langhorne clemens, was an american writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. among his novels are the adventures of tom sawyer and its sequel, the adventures of huckleberry finn, the latter often called "the great american novel". wikipedia