Read the body paragraph from a personal statement. (1) since i live in the midwest, my fascination with the ocean might seem unusual. (2) i have my aunt to for sparking my interest in marine biology. (3) my family’s annual visits to her home are always great. (4) we visit the local beaches to study shells, seaweed, and ocean dwellers like crabs, clams, and jellyfish. which is the best sentence to revise to replace vague language? a. sentence 1 b. sentence 2 c. sentence 3 d. sentence 4 anwser is c. setence3

C.sentence 3 My family's annual visits to her home are always great.

This sentence is too vague. After reading the sentence, I think so what? So what if the visit's to your aunt's house are great? How does that have anything to do with your fascination of the ocean or your interest in marine biology. What about her home has anything to do with the topic of this personal statement? In order to fix this vague language, it's important to explain where her house is and what you mean by great.

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)

according to the options stated, the one that is correct is the second option. the author most likely includes the panel to hint at the strong bonds among his family members. besides, the image from art spiegelman’s maus is common to show and portray the innocence and naivete of the children during the holocaust as well as the fact that millions of innocent jews were rounded up and taken by train to camps.