The Home Insurance Building is considered the world's first skyscraper. It was a 10-story building located in Chicago, Illinois, in the heart of downtown. Although the Home Insurance Building did not soar into the sky like today's skyscrapers, its structure was groundbreaking
The architect and engineer for the building was William Le Baron Jenney. He studied architecture and engineering at l'Ecole Centrale des Arts et
Manufactures in Paris. It was the same school attended by Gustave Eiffel, the famed designer of the Eiffel Tower. Jenney was the first to include steel into a
building's skeleton for support. Steel had only a third of the weight of stone, which was generally used for building frames. Jenney's structure would
eventually help buildings grow upward. It would also help create more floor space in an area where space was compressed.
After the development of the skyscraper, more buildings began to populate the skyline. They appeared in big cities around the world where land was a
limited resource. Such cities, like New York and London, began to build their own skyscrapers. One of the most famous buildings still standing is the Empire
State Building in New York. It was built in 1931, and for 40 years, it was the tallest building in the world at 102 stories. Now, Burj Khalifa in Dubai holds the
title as the tallest structure in the world. It towers over the city with 160 stories.
Without the construction of the Home Insurance Building, city life would be drastically different. It created a shift in architecture. This shift changed
architecture around the world.
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Select the correct answer.
Which of the following notes would be most relevant if you were researching the structure of skyscrapers?
OA. Materials made from steel are lighter than stone.
OB. The height of skyscrapers became popular in big cities.
OC. Skyscrapers focused on bringing business into cities.
OD. A degree in engineering and architecture is required.

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)

often a noun phrase is just a noun or a pronoun:

people like to have money.

i am tired.

it is getting late.

the first, third, and last sentences are correct for plato.

the book's theme is the moral ambiguity of the iranian revolution, history of middle eastern relations and the process of growing up during war. it sheds light on the stereotypical views of middle eastern culture and religion.

the author explicitly portrays the issues of class disparities and racism continously throught the whole novel.

the relationship between parents and childrens, the abandonment of faith, modernity vs fundamentalism and class conflict are the 4 main panels that this novel englobes.

hope this , if you would like me to be more specific about a specific excerpt let me know : )