Read the sentence from paragraph 3: Or, rather, it was almost empty, there was a single pouch of energy drink
sitting on a shelf in the back.
What is the most effective way to combine these clauses?
Or, rather, it was almost empty since there was a single pouch of
energy drink sitting on a shelf in the back.
It was almost empty, so there was a single pouch of energy drink
sitting on a shelf in the back.
Because there was a single pouch of energy drink sitting on a shelf
in the back, it was almost empty.
Or rather, there was a single pouch of energy drink sitting on a shelf
in the back although it was almost empty.

Because there was a single pouch of energy drink sitting on a shelf in the back, it was almost empty.

Explanation:

The correct answer is option C because it combines the clauses effectively by using parallelism to balance the clauses in the sentence.

Here, the reason is first given, before the state of the shelf is stated.

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)