Read the passage. (1) Universal health care should be adopted by every country around the world. (2) Over 100 million people become poor every year because of healthcare bills. (3) Imagine how it feels to be afraid to go to the doctor for fear of plunging into debt. (4) That is a really terrible thing, and governments need to act. (5) The World Health Organization (WHO) says that universal health care is achievable, even in poor countries. (6) The WHO recommends spreading the costs of health care across the population, so no one is overly burdened. (7) If a responsible organization like the WHO says it is possible, then worldwide governments should implement universal healthcare immediately. Which revision is the best way to strengthen the argument? A sentence stating the claim should be added before sentence 1. Sentence 2 should be deleted because it does not clearly support the claim. Sentence 4 should be revised to incorporate strong supporting evidence. A sentence that includes a strong rebuttal should be added after sentence 7.

The revision that is the best way to strengthen the argument is:

Sentence 4 should be revised to incorporate strong supporting evidence.

Explanation:

In order to defend his claims, an author needs to offer his audience strong arguments. Strong arguments need support, which comes for providing evidence of what is being claimed. Having that in mind, let's take a look at sentence 4:

4) That is a really terrible thing, and governments need to act.

Even though sentence 4 is addressing what was said in sentence 3, it is still a weak sentence to be included. It does not support the argument with evidence at all. It simply conveys the author's personal opinion and feelings, which is not enough to help strengthen this argument. The best way to revise it would be by adding evidence that truly conveys the idea that not having healthcare is a terrible thing.

c

Explanation:

the antonym of esurient is abstemious.

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)