Which sentence in the passage uses the colon correctly?

(after years of conforming to her parents' wishes and ideals: allison had finally decided to rebel.) she was tired of constantly having the weight of her parents' expectations on her shoulders. (she had made up her mind to travel westward: and pursue her dreams of becoming a she had been participating in songwriting contests since she was ten: nothing fulfilled her more than music.)she risked her parents' wrath because she knew they would understand her once she succeeded. (so, without any hesitation, allison made up her mind: to continue pursuing her dreams.)

The answer to your question would be the following one: She had been participating in songwriting contests since she was ten: nothing fulfilled her more than music.

A colon means "that is to say". In this case, the colon has been used between independent clauses to indicate that the second sentence explains, illustrates, paraphrases or expands on the first sentence. "Nothing fulfilled her more than music" explains the reason why "she had been participating in songwriting contests since she was ten".

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)

eli whitney was an american inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. this was one of the key inventions of the industrial revolution and shaped the economy of the antebellum south.