How to write a essay about holidays

answer:

as many people prefer to spend their vacation away from home, this might be the way you spent your last holiday. whether you enjoyed it or not, there are usually plenty of things to write about. remember that your readers know nothing about your friends and family, so you can start with some information about people you usually go on vacation with and where you usually go. to make it easier, here are some simple questions to answer:

who do you usually go on vacation with?

where do you usually go?

why do you like going there?

where did you go this time?

did you have a safe trip?

what was the first thing you did when you arrived there?

was the weather good?

what did you do there?

how long did you stay there?

are you planning to visit this place again?

explanation:

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)