Read the sentence from “Broken Chain.” The next day he spent his lawn-mowing money on a new shirt and, with a pocketknife, scooped the moons of dirt from under his fingernails. Which message does Gary Soto want readers to take away? Good hygiene keeps people healthy and happy. Everyday objects can have multiple uses. People will work to improve their appearance. Jobs can lead to positive and negative things.

I think it's that people will work to improve their appearance

Explanation:

At first it's talking about how he spends his money to buy a new shirt, which is for appearance, and then talks about how he cleans his finger nails, which is to look clean (appearance)

The correct answer is People will work to improve their appearance.

At first it's discussing how he goes through his cash to purchase another shirt, which is for appearance, and afterward discusses how he cleans his finger nails, which is to look perfect (appearance).

Gary Soto's brief tale Broken Chain is about a little youngster's endeavors to dazzle a young lady he enjoys. The topic of appearance and the truth is the principle issue it this story and it is properly seen through the personality of Alfonso.  

The wrecked chain was an issue for Alfonso on the grounds that now he didn't have his own bicycle for his date.  In the end Ernie gave Alfonso his bicycle on the grounds that Sandra wasn't the young lady that dumped him so the siblings' contention was settled.

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when i skim a text i look for anything i'm trying to find, like keys or clues or i just want to see if it is interesting to me.

explanation:

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)