Read the excerpt from "Talking to the Coach."
Which statement would Coach Thompson most likely
agree with?
As a coach, what do you try to do to help the kids?
Encourage them; make it not seem like it's the end of the
world. I tell them everybody strikes out. I tell them that
they pay major league baseball players millions of dollars
to strike out. It's just part of the game. You have to
encourage them to swing, too. It's a lot easier just to
watch the ball go by.
-It's better to try and fail than not to have tried at all.
-Winning is the most important thing.
-Nice guys finish last.
-There is no "I" in team.

-It's better to try and fail than not to have tried at all.

Explanation:

The coach says how it is not important that you win all of the time but you have to try.

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Explanation:

It's better to try and fail than not to have tried at all.

Explanation:

From the excerpt of "Talking to the coach", coach Thompson would likely agree with the statement of "it is better to try and fail than not to have tried at all" because he believes that winning all the time is not as important as trying in the first place.

explanation:

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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)