Read this excerpt from winston churchill's "their finest hour" speech: some people will ask why, then, was it that the british navy was not able to prevent the movement of a large army from germany into norway across the skagerrak? . . [b]ecause of the distance, we could give no air support to our surface ships, and . . were compelled to use only our submarines. . our submarines took a heavy toll but could not, by themselves, prevent the invasion of norway. in the channel and in the north sea, on the other hand, our superior naval surface forces, aided by our submarines, will operate with close and effective air assistance. which statement best explains one way that the structure of this excerpt is effective? a. it reminds the english people that their navy has taken a heavy toll on german ships. b. it uses a rhetorical question to account for the english navy's strategy in norway. c. it accounts for the english navy's failure to protect norway and reassures the nation that it can defend england. d. it reminds the english people that they have an effective submarine force to defend britain.

C. It accounts for the English navy's failure to protect Norway and reassures the nation that it can defend England.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from the Winston Churchill's speech "Their Finest Hour" he starts by explaining why the English Navy failed in preventing the German army to enter Norway across the Skagerrak, he explains that it was because the lack of air support to the surface ships, after all the explanation he says that despite that situation, the English Navy is now ready to operate with great efficiency.

as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

sadly it cannot chuck wood

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)