Excerpt from: robots carole jenkins (5)other robots are able to operate tools such as paint sprayers. what is the best way, if any, to revise sentence (5)? a) such tools as paint sprayers are able to be operated by robots. b) other robots such as paint sprayers are able to operate tools. c) such tools as paint sprayers are able to operate robots. d) leave as is.

The correct answer is D. Leave as is.

A is incorrect because in such technical texts, it is always better to use active voice (as in the example above) than passive voice (as in sentence A). B is incorrect because paint sprayers are robots, but rather tools. C is completely grammatically incorrect.

Therefore, it is best to leave the sentence as it is because it is grammatically correct.

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)