In the first sentence of the second paragraph, the author uses parentheses to set off the phrase “except lovers” primarily to

Incomplete question. But I inferred you are referring to the article "A Guide to Exiles, Expatriates, and Internal Emigrés" by Mary McCarthy. The paragraph reads;

"More than anybody (except lovers), exiles are dependent on mail. A Greek writer friend in Paris was the only person I knew to suffer real pain during the events of May, 1968, when the mail was cut off..".

to show an exemption

Explanation:

This exemption could read this way;

"With the exemption of lovers, exiles are dependent on mail more than anyone". What this means is that lovers use mails far more than exiles because of their emotional connection. But when you are not lovers, then exiles do more of mailing than you do.

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 second option.is correct