Just to clarify, the birds these contestants are counting are the number that they see in a particular year. you see, the contest is based on an honor system. no pictures or other evidence is required as proof of a sighting. most birders take great pride in their reputation and their abilities to see or hear and then identify a bird. usually, important sightings of the rare birds needed to get counts in the 700s are visited by hundreds of birders. it is pretty hard to cheat your way to a record-breaking year, but in general, few are interested in cheating.

what is the main idea of the paragraph that begins "just to clarify," and explains how contestants count sightings? (5 points)

the contest lasts for only one year and requires little evidence.

these birders use an honor system because most love birding more than winning.

the number of sightings typical "big year" birders see is amazing.

the typical records are very hard to break within the timeframe.

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)

part a.   = c.)

part b. = a.)

explanation: