Read the sentences.
two teams battled for the city championship. the tomcats and the huskies were the teams.
which sentence combines the two sentences with an appositive phrase?
two teams, the tomcats and the huskies, battled for the city championship.
two teams battled for the city championship, and the tomcats and the huskies were the teams.
two teams called the tomcats and the huskies battled for the city championship.
the huskies and the tomcats were two teams that battled for the city championship.

Two teams, the Tomcats and the Huskies, battled for the city championship.

An appositive phrase renames the noun that comes directly before it. It is also surrounded by commas since the phrase can be removed from the sentence without altering the grammatical structure. In this sentence, the Tomcats and the Huskies rename, or clarify, which two teams are being talked about. Appositive phrases are frequently used to clarify who or what something is. For example, my sister, Sarah, is happy. The appositive "Sarah" clarifies the name of the sister.

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)

i can you there : )