Which sentence has an error in semicolon usage?

darnell had to finish his lab report; as a result, he decided not to go to the park.

martina likes to cook; she makes a great vegetable lasagna.

bryce was supposed to mow the lawn today; instead, he watched a video.

raquel was tired; so she decided to go home.

The statement which has error is Option D.

Explanation:

Semicolon is the one which is used to link 2 independent clauses which are closely related. It is basically, used to join to or more sentences.

So, from the option which has error in the usage of semicolon is:

Raquel was tired; so she decided to go home.

In this statement, the semicolon (;) should be used to after so

The correct statement would be

Raquel was tired so; she decided to go home.

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)

the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.