Which three excerpts would best be characterized as expository texts?
excerpt 1
may 17, 1980, was a quiet day in silver lake, washington. if you had been there, yo
state's famous mountains. the mountain looked like a cone capped with snow. it ro
mount st. helens is volcanic. scientists were watching the mountain carefully that sp
near the mountain. steam spewed from its top. and yet, from a distance, the mount
pressure underground builds and forces its way to the surface. volcanos can be acti
the last 10,000 years and is thought to erupt in the near future. a dormant volcano!
erupt again. an extinct volcano is one scientists do not expect to erupt again. for ex
excerpt 2
anxiety sometimes manifests as an apprehensive feeling or worry that you are unab
include tansa muscles churning stomach nausea diarrhea headache backache he

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'm not sure what the second paragraph is but a decree is an official order issued by legal authority. find the one that best fits this definition.

the answer is b. i read this story before.