Which sentence contains a participial phrase that is placed correctly? jose paid for a hamburger scanning the cafeteria for an empty seat. peeling off her winter jacket, sierra settled into the cozy armchair. made of soft wool, nadia pulled on a blue sweater. the cowboy jumped from the horse laughing in the face of danger.

A participial phrase refers to a group of words that contains a verb in the -ing or past form, which is used to describe a noun or a pronoun, and its object. It is best to put the participial phrase near the object it describes.  In the other 3 sentences, the participial phrase makes the thought even confusing; thus, the correct sentence is:  “Peeling off her winter jacket, Sierra settled into the cozy armchair. “

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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)