Which sentence has the most traditional syntax?

a. the mother, twisting and waiting quietly, her ring circled a pale finger.
b. the mother waited quietly, twisting her ring around a pale finger.
c. waiting quietly and twisting her ring, the mother had a pale finger.
d. with quiet waiting, the mother twisted her ring around a pale finger.

The traditional syntax analyze the sentences as having two parts, the first one is the subject, this is the thing or person that is being talk about, and the predicate that is the rest of the sentence, all the part of the sentence that are not the subject, in this case, the most proper option is The mother waited quietly, twisting her ring around a pale finger. The answer is B.

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)