When selecting support for your essay, you should ask yourself which of thefollowing two questions? a. how does this prove my thesis statement? where does this fit in my outline? b. do i like this information? is this information relevant to something that happens in the story? c. does this information make me sound smart? where does it fit in my outline? d. is this information on the same topic as my thesis statement? how does it prove my thesis statement?

a. How does this prove my thesis statement? Where does this fit in my outline?

Explanation:

These are the two questions that you should ask yourself when looking for support for your essay. The most important characteristic that a piece of information should have in order to be used as support for your thesis is the fact that this should prove your thesis statement. Once this is established, you need to ensure that the information is placed in the right place within your outline.

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)