(1) Straight-A students have been rewarded in different ways for their hard work. (2) They have been given the chance to eat lunch with the principal, they have received gifts and certificates, and they have been publicly acknowledged. (3) School hope that these policies will not only serve as a reward to students, but also as an inspiration to others to do well in their classes. (4) However, these honor-roll students show little interest in the awards. (5) These students want something else. (6) These students should be exempt from taking the final exam because they have already demonstrated responsibility and dedication, they know the material, and most importantly they feel that other students will likely be inspired to achieve the ultimate honor-roll goal. What is the most effective way to combine sentences 4 and 5?
a) These honor-roll students, show little interest in the awards, however they are wanting.
b) These honor-roll students, showing little interest, wanting something else. c)
Wanting something else, these honor-roll students show little interest in the awards. d) They want something else, because these honor-roll students show little interest in the awards.

C) Wanting something else, these honor-roll students show little interest in the awards.

Explanation:

When dealing with questions such is this, we first need to a the meaning of the two sentences. They express two simultaneous actions; students show little interest and students want something else.

Of course, the easieat way to combine them would be using the conjunction "and".

Since that is not given, the only option that preserves the original meaning is option C). It uses present participle to express simultaneous occurrence of the verbs "show" and "want".

c) Wanting something else, these honor-roll students show little interest in the awards.

Explanation: Hope this helps!

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 answer is b, it brings the reader closer to the action.

it would've been a if the word had been determined, not conceited

hope this

-ironwolfx