Manatees by: kathy hufford manatees evolved from four-footed land mammals over 60 million years ago. manatees are distantly related to elephants. they range in color from gray to brown, and the average adult is about 10 feet long and weighs between 1,500 and 2,200 pounds. life expectancy is about 60 years. newborns range in size from 4 to 4.5 feet, and weigh about 60 pounds. manatee young are called calves. what is the best conclusion for this paragraph? a) they are entirely aquatic, meaning they spend their full lives in the water. b) in the u. s. the manatee is listed as a federally endangered species. c) calves are dependent on their mother for up to 2 years. d) they thrive well in fresh, salt and brackish waters.

a. all of the other answers have at least one capitalization error.

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)