Stephenie meyer’s life changed dramatically on june 2, 2003. the stay-at-home mother of three young sons woke up from a dream featuring seemingly real characters that she could not get out of her head. “though i had a million things to do, i stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, i eventually got up and did the immediate necessities, and then put everything that i possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write—something i hadn’t done in so long that i wondered why i was bothering.” source: “bio.” the official website of stephanie meyer. stephanie meyer, n. d. web. 29 sept. 2011. which paragraph is the best summary? a. on june 2, 2003, stephenie meyer’s life changed dramatically. the stay-at-home mother of three young sons woke up from a dream featuring seemingly real characters that she could not get out of her head. she got out of bed reluctantly and did her immediate necessities. then, she put everything that she possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write—something she hadn’t done in so long that she wondered why she was bothering. b. on june 2, 2003, stephenie meyer’s life changed dramatically. she woke up from a vivid dream that she could not get out of her head. she got out of bed reluctantly, even though she had a million things to do and did her immediate necessities. however, as soon as she could, she sat down at her computer and began to write. c. on june 2, 2003, stephenie meyer’s life changed dramatically. she woke up from a vivid dream that she could not get out of her head. she got out of bed reluctantly and did her immediate necessities. however, as soon as she could, she sat down at her computer and began to write. d. stephanie meyer must be one determined and driven woman because on june 2, 2003, her life changed dramatically. she woke up from a vivid dream that she could not get out of her head. she got out of bed reluctantly and did her immediate necessities. however, as soon as she could, she sat down at her computer and began to write. select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

C.  On June 2, 2003, Stephenie Meyer’s life changed dramatically. She woke up from a vivid dream that she could not get out of her head. She got out of bed reluctantly and did her immediate necessities. However, as soon as she could, she sat down at her computer and began to write.

Explanation:

Option C is the best summary for the paragraph from Stephanie Meyer's biography as it is providing concise information about the main source, it is also not including every little detail but rather the most important ideas to simplify what it is being said on it. A summary is supposed to be a brief account of the main events of something, Option A fails to do that by giving too much information ending up looking almost identical to the passage. Option B, similarly, provides an extra detail that could be avoided which is that she had a million things to do. Option D, on the other hand, is adding information and making assumptions from the passage read, therefore, not being a summary anymore.

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 think its c but i'm not sure