Which of these questions best helps you develop a thesis statement early in the writing process? a. What is my plan for organizing my writing? b. What is my indirect argument? c. What are my supporting ideas? d. What am I trying to say about that topic?

A.

Explanation:

The purpose of a thesis statement is to express a position about a topic; moreover, this statement shows the main point of the author, and in the process of writing is an essential element as this defines the supporting ideas that will be included, the evidence, and event the structure of the text.

Besides this, the thesis is created after the topic was selected and one of the ways to do this is to think about the position or point of view you have about the topic. In this context, one helping question would be "What am I trying to say about that topic?" because as it was mentioned before the thesis statement is the position about the topic or what the author feels/thinks or says about the topic.

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)