Read the sentence from “broken chain.” the next day he spent his lawn-mowing money on a new shirt and, with a pocketknife, scooped the moons of dirt from under his fingernails. which message does gary soto want readers to take away? a good hygiene keeps people healthy and happy. b everyday objects can have multiple uses. c people will work to improve their appearance. d jobs can lead to positive and negative things.

The answer is: C People will work to improve their appearanc

In “Broken Chain” one of the main themes that Gary Soto develops is that Alfonso does not feel good with his appearance as we can notice in this excerpts “Alfonso sat on the porch trying to push his crooked teeth to where he thought they belonged. He hated the way he looked.” And “Alfonso didn’t want to be the handsomest kid at school, but he was determined to be better looking than average.” For this reason, he purchased the new shirt and clean his nails.

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)

alliteration is the repetition of the same or similar consonants. having that in mind, i would say that the correct answer is: so shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.