In a group discussion, which describes one of the primary purposes of synthesizing claims and evidence?

a. to create new understanding
b. to provide an organized structure
c. to keep the group on task
d. to keep track of information

A. To create new understanding

During a group discussion, there are a lot of people discussing a similar topic and present their views about it. As the intellectual level of all people is different and same is the analytical power so a new argument gives birth to a new idea and a new door of understanding is created where the discussion takes a new direction. So option A is the correct answer.

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)

what are the answers?