2. greg gives humorous account of his ‘solution’ to the problem of existing in high school. now look at it without the humor. what is greg’s problem?

Without the humor, we should be worried about Greg. This line tells us how bad he feels at school because of the simple fact of existing. Imagine how bad he must feel to look a solution for his existence. He probably feels as if he does not belong in there, like a freak kid that everyone makes fun of him. He can create depressive behaviours such as isolation, sadness, etc. that can lead him to, dramatically speaking, commit suicide. This is not a joke, he is probably having a mental illness because he does not feel comfortable with his life in high school.

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)

when making an inference, the reader should be sure to support the inference with

evidence

a is an educated guess about what will happen.

c. prediction

when new information proves that a reader's prediction is wrong, the reader should

make a new prediction based on the new information.