The speaker of okita’s poem likes to eat american things like hot dogs.

which is the best revision of this sentence using academic vocabulary?

a. the speaker of the poem prefers japanese food to american food.
b. the narrator of the poem likes hot dogs, which are considered a typical american food.
c. the poem’s narrator likes to eat junk food and hot dogs, just like most kids.
d. the speaker of the poem likes to eat american foods, not japanese foods.

The best revision of the sentence using academic vocabulary is the following one:

B. The narrator of the poem likes hot dogs, which are considered a typical American food.

Explanation:

After the comma, there is a relative pronoun (which) referring to what was mentioned previously (hot dogs). Next, passive voice is used (are considered). Both relative pronouns and passive voice are often used in formal, academic writing. In terms of vocabulary, the noun "things" should certainly be avoided, since it is far too vague and informal. That being said, "typical American food" is much better than "American things" if one wants to sound academic.

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)