You're halfway through your research paper, and you realize that the research you have done has led you to conclude that your original thesis ideas won't work anymore. what should you do? a. choose an entirely new research question. b. go back and correct the errors in your research. c. reassess your research and refine your thesis statement. d. continue your research but reduce the number of supporting arguments you intend to make.

C). Reassess your research and refine your thesis statement.

Explanation:

The correct measure to be adopted at this stage (when you came to realize halfway through your research that original thesis won't work anymore) is that you need to reassess your research and refine your thesis to come out with research and thesis that complement and correspond each other. It would not only help refine the thesis according to the research but would also help to present the ideas in a more organized and effective manner as you are reassessing the research. Thus, the correct answer is option A, as there is no scope to begin your research with an entirely new thesis but rather to use the previous research for the new refined thesis and develop the arguments accordingly.

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)