Claim: almost every living creature needs water to survive, but it is no longer plentiful because of the exploding world population. which of the following pieces of evidence would you suggest that the writer add to his or her essay to best support this claim? a. people will need to change some of their daily habits if water is scarce. b. the world has seen a 200 percent increase in birth rates over the last decade. c. water is important in our lives and being without it means great suffering. d. damage to the earth's ozone layer has increased the impact of ultraviolet rays.

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)

the correct answer is the first one.