Which two sentences uses the colon correctly?

a) henry slept through his alarm so: he didn’t make it to his first day of work, no matter how many times it went off.
b) erica's morning routine consisted of waking up, brushing her teeth, meditating for ten minutes: eating breakfast, and finally bathing.
c) jessica's supplies for the trip included these items: a hairbrush, moisturizer, a toothbrush, and four bottles of mineral water.
d) annette left her hometown with just one goal in mind: to see the world and experience different cultures.
e) joel was unable to attend the game because he had forgotten to complete his homework: he had wanted to attend the game with friends.

Colon is one of the punctuation which is used to:

1. Lay emphasis

Example: He loved just one: Bruno, his dog

2. To present dialogue ( we write the name of the speaker and then insert colon followed by his/her dialogue.)

Example: Rita: How are you?

Mary: Fine, and you?

3. Clarify composition titles ( to explain parallel ideas colon is used in compositions like lectures or book titles), and

Example: Rousseau’s Dog: Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment

4. To introduce text or lists.

Example: Three types of Subordinate or Dependent Clauses are: Adjective clause, Adverb clause and Noun clause

Hence, two sentences which uses the colon correctly is :

C) Jessica's supplies for the trip included these items: a hairbrush, moisturizer, a toothbrush, and four bottles of mineral water.  

D) Annette left her hometown with just one goal in mind: to see the world and experience different cultures.  

Both the sentences introduces the list of items and things in the text. Hence, it uses the colon appropriately.

a.) it provides a clue to solve the mystery.

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)