*the bus passengers were rowdy
*the driver had a turn around to discipline the passengers
*the driver took his eyes off the road
*the bus weaved onto the shoulder of the road

which of these best combines the ideas in the group of sentences above to make an interesting sentence?

choices:

a) when the driver turned around to discipline some rowdy passengers, the bus weaved onto the shoulder of the road.

b) because the bus weaved onto the shoulder of the road, the passengers became rowdy and distracted the driver.

c) the rowdy passengers caused the bus to weave onto the shoulder of the road while the bus driver was not paying attention.

d) the distracted bus driver disciplined the passengers for making him weave onto the shoulder of the road.

A) When the driver turned around to discipline some rowdy passengers, the bus weaved onto the shoulder of the road.

Explanation: From the given options, the one that best combines the ideas in the group of given sentences, to make a single interested sentence, is the corresponding to option A: When the driver turned around to discipline some rowdy passengers, the bus weaved onto the shoulder of the road, because it uses correctly an independent clause and a subordinate clause to explain what happened in the correct order.

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)

i would say the correct answer is not concrete.