Technically, though, the islands themselves are far from being “dry.” Water dominates most of the park’s 100-square-mile area. In fact, barely 85 acres of dry land are found in the Dry Tortugas. The rest of it—the wet part—can be explored by boat, snorkeling, or casual wading. How does the author’s choice of the word dominates help readers understand the meaning of the excerpt? The reader learns that water overpowers the area. The reader learns that water overpowers the area. The reader learns that water strengthens the area. The reader learns that water strengthens the area. The reader learns that water commands respect in the area. The reader learns that water commands respect in the area. The reader learns that water is a prominent feature of the area.

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)

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.