Please don’t guess . which of the following would make the
best tople sentence for a paragraph
about the history of Santa Claus?
a) The name "Santa Claus" itself comes
from the Dutch figure of Sinterklass
who sometimes brings gifts on Dec con
addition to Dec 25
acter sometimes
B) a Santa Claus like character sometimes called father Christmas or Saint Nicholas appears throughout European folklore surrounding Christmas in the winter
season
C) England’s father Christmas dates back to the 16th century where he was seen as a bringer of good cheer and joy
D) germanic European countries combined the Norse god Odin with Christian traditions to form the now familiar figure of an old bearded man driving a sleigh

C

Explanation:

because the way you are starting it will get them the readers engaged

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)

a is is the correct answer