Which sentence is the best hook for a speech persuading a community to build a skate park?
Surfing was popular in the 1950s, and skating developed as a land version of surfing.
O Did you know that skateboarding has become one of the three most popular participation sports in the US?
Public parks are preserved natural land funded by town and local governments for public use.
What are the most common injuries associated with the sport of skating or skateboarding?
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Did you know that skateboarding has become one of the three most popular participation sports in the US?

Explanation:

This sentence will get the listeners to think about the value of the project to many of the people who will enjoy a popular sport in the community. More people will come to the area, and that is usually good for business.

The history is interesting, but not exciting. No one wants to increase possibility of injury, so that would have the opposite effect: a reason  not to  build a skate park.

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)