In each of the following paragraphs, one sentence isn’t clearly connected with the sentence that precedes it. find the sentence that is incorrectly connected and supply an appropriate connecting expression. you may need to use a word, a phrase, a clause, or even a complete sentence to make the correction clear.
poor louis seemed destined by nature to become the butt of every practical joke we could devise that summer at camp. whenever someone was chosen to go on some silly errand such as to get the keys to the oarlocks, find a can of striped paint, or get a paper stretcher, louis was inevitably the victim. we all considered it great fun. i regret our youthful thoughtlessness. who knows what deep psychological wounds we inflicted on him by our teasing and our ridicule?
in the eighteenth century, englishmen had a reputation throughout europe for their love of eating. visitors to england were often amazed at the large quantity and fine quality of the fish and meat consumed. however, they could not understand the english attitude toward vegetables, which were served only as trimmings to meat. english cooks seemed unable to prepare an appetizing vegetable dish. vegetables were very abundant at the time and were grown in the gardens of both rich and poor.

The two sentences which need to be connected are: "We all considered it great fun." and "I regret our youthful thoughtlessness."

You can tell something is missing between these sentences because they are expressing radically opposed ideas. The first one is very positive and optimistic, and the second one is full of regret. Therefore, they should be linked by a conjunction expressing opposition, such as but, however, or yet.

You could even add a clause which explicits the time difference (then versus now), to mark the contrast even more. An example would be: "We all considered it great fun. Yet, now that I have grown up, I regret our youthful thoughtlessness."

The two sentences which need to be connected are: "English cooks seemed unable to prepare an appetizing vegetable dish." and "Vegetables were very abundant at the time and were grown in the gardens of both rich and poor."

Here again, the two sentences seem to raise a paradox: why would the cooks be so unexperienced with vegetables if they had plenty at their disposal? One way to connect these statements would be to use a linkword which expresses this apparent contradiction. You could insert surprisingly or although, for example.

If you want to add a full clause or sentence, you could point out this question, like so: "English cooks seemed unable to prepare an appetizing vegetable dish. This is not due to a lack of such produce, however: vegetables were very abundant at the time and were grown in the gardens of both rich and poor."

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)