Read the excerpt from "On Becoming an Inventor" by Dean Kamen.
Which fact from the excerpt best supports Kamen's
opinion that his projects were neat?
From this well-stocked basement came a whole new
set of really neat projects. My younger brother, Mitch,
and his friends, as well as some of my own friends,
would come after school to help. At sixteen I was now a
young entrepreneur, paying them for their help. I was
surprised by the number of orders I was getting for
more and more equipment. Soon I didn't have time to
build and design new things. Giving over this work to
other kids gave me more time to do what I wanted to
do. This went on after school and all summer long.
O The basement was well-stocked with equipment.
O Mitch and his friends would come over after school.
O He was getting a large number of orders for the
projects.
O He gave over some of the work to the other kids.

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)