Where should a colon be placed to punctuate this sentence correctly?

We paid for several expensive home renovations a new back porch, a new fence, and a new wall in the kitchen.
A) We paid for several expensive home renovations a new back porch, a new fence, and a new wall in the kitchen.
B) We paid for several expensive home renovations: a new back porch, a new fence, and a new wall in the kitchen.
C) We paid for several expensive: home renovations a new back porch, a new fence, and a new wall in the kitchen.
D) We paid for several expensive home renovations a new back porch, a new fence, and: a new wall in the kitchen.

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In this situation, the colon is used to separate the list from the introduction to the list.

Introduction to List: We paid for several expensive home renovations

List: a new back porch, a new fence, and a new wall in the kitchen.

We are going to want to put our colon right smack in between the two.

We paid for several expensive home renovations: a new back porch, a new fence, and a new wall in the kitchen.

This sentence matches answer B.

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B) We paid for several expensive home renovations: a new back porch, a new fence, and a new wall in the kitchen.

Explanation:

Because the colon's are almost always used to begin a list, although other means may be used, It should go before the list.

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)

citizens are given 25 years of life to prove their worth to society; if they fail to do great things