Read the selection and answer the question. Which sentence can be deleted because it does NOT
maintain the focus of the selection?
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(1) The dominant military formation of the Hellenistic world was the phalanx. (2) Soldiers would line up
shoulder to shoulder in large, tightly packed squares. (3) The first row of the phalanx would look like a wall of
bronze shields with long, pointed spears jutting out between and above the shields. (4) This was the ancient
equivalent of a tank, slow and armored, these formations where known to repel considerably larger
armles. (5) The famed Spartan warriors at Thermopylae repelled a debated one million Perslan soldiers for
days by employing this tactic. (6) For the second time since Marathon, the Persian troops
underestimated the resolve of the Greek soldiers. (7) This same phalanx technique would be employed by
Alexander the Great to conquer most of the known world. (8) However, the phalanx had a major disadvantage
In that an enemy needed only to outmaneuver the comparatively slower phalanx and attack from the side or
behind. (9) Troops in the phalanx were arranged so tightly that they would have difficulty turning around and
would be unable to use their spears or shields.
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C7
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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)