Should be used when you want to reinforce the importance and significance of your arguments, especially when you are not an expert on your topic. be sure to stress the competence and lack of bias of your sources, and emphasize their recent nature. a. examples b. narrations c. testimonies d. statistics

       ⇒  Statistics

If you defend an argument, you need to give the interlocutor evidence that you may be right. This can be done in several ways. If you are an expert in the field, your argument will have some credibility because it is based on your studies and experiences on the subject. However, when you do not master the topic, you must present evidence that is not easily overturned. Statistics deal with numbers and a scientific methodology. Thus, if you base your argument on concrete data, your argument will have a solid support.

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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)