Read the passage below. anything distracting a driver operating a vehicle is potentially dangerous. one such distraction is texting on a cell phone because it requires the driver to look away from the road, even if for just a few seconds. similarly, talking on one’s cell phone can also cause a distraction because the person is listening to the speaker on the other end and not paying sole attention to the road in front of them. in summary, the best thing to do while driving is to concentrate only on the road. what signal word or phrase lets the reader know how texting and talking on one’s cell phone while driving are alike?
a. because
b. similarly
c. one such
d. in summary

I would say that the signal word that lets the reader know how texting and talking on one's cell phone while driving are alike is B: similarly.

Explanation:

By using the word similarly, the author is trying to compare one action to the other, argumenting that both texting and talking on the cell phone, are very dangerous activities to do while driving. Although different, both activities make the driver pay attention to another thing and not on the road. This comparison made between the two activities is expressed with the word similarly. The word similarly in this excerpt means "in the same way".

read this passage from the crisis. what rationale is paine using for going to war with great britain? my own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. not all the treasures of the world, so far as i believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for i think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am i to suffer it? what signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them? if we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other.

it is waged war against an army of countrymen

it would lead to independence from britain

it would be an offensive war

it would be a defensive war

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)