What argument is franklin d. roosevelt making in this excerpt from his "four freedoms" speech?

a. americans should not assume that they are safe from attack and so must be prepared for war.

b. americans should not depend on britain’s navy to keep nazi germany in check.

c. americans should be prepared to make sacrifices to defend freedom all over the world.

d. americans should always be on their guard and report any suspicious people to the government.

What effect is achieved by the use of the phrase "as the devil would have it" in the second sentence?

In concrete mixers what seems to be the speakers feeling about the concrete mixers

Read the excerpt from “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” i do not believe we should have to leave out the crucial elements of our language and culture to contribute to american literature, but, unfortunately, this is a conclusion i am forced to reach. i have been writing for a quarter century, and have been a published author for eighteen years. as a writer, i was part of the chicano movement which created a new literature in this country. which type of rhetoric is used most in the excerpt to convince readers that anaya’s conclusion is accurate? an appeal based on emotion an appeal based on logic an appeal based on the author’s character an appeal based on the author’s feelings