Which detail best supports the inference that Americans are remaining steadfast in their pursuit of consumerism? adapted from Prerecession Trends
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Leading up to the 2007-2009 recession, consumer spending as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product had risen for 40 years. Personal
consumption expenditures (PCE) growth also outpaced general economic expansion, Consumers bought increasingly more services, and the
composition of PCE shifted over time with rising in kind social benefits and third-party contributions towards health insurance and workers'
compensation. As a result, the percentage of PCE stemming from direct household expenditures declined from 84.5 percent in 1960 to 67.6
percent in 2006
The late 1990s saw a surge in spending as Americans bought new technology and globalization ushered in less expensive imports. Economic
growth, rising home values and equity, easy credit, and declining personal savings rates also prompted higher consumer spending. In addition,
baby boomers reached their highest earning years. The 2001 recession briefly tempered consumer spending but growth rates rose again as
Americans spent more on durable household items, new technology, and vehicles as the housing bubble peaked in 2005.

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)

isn't this axel talking to his uncle?

the switch in narration increases the proximity of the narrator to the main character and the reader can perceive information only through the filter of a single character.

question: which statement best describes a similarity in purpose between the frames and excerpt?

answer: both inform the reader that faryad and liaqat were not given the chance to tell their version of events at the police station

explanation: so as you see they were told to leave before they could tell there story

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(jacemorris)