To prepare for your own expository paragraph, browse through the general topics listed below. choose the one which most interests you. in the paragraph box, type three possible limited topics, based on the general topic that you have selected. then, choose the limited topic you find most interesting and explain your decision. ambitions cars gratitude apathy clothes intuition athletics education prejudice bad habits family recreation friendship flattery television

Flattery:

1. Effects of flattery

2. Why we fall victim to flattery?

3. Flattery is all around us

I find the second limited topic to be most interesting. “Why we fall victim to flattery” is something that every individual experiences. Although consciously, we know that flattery is some kind of a dishonest description of or reaction to someone that is usually expressed on a personal basis, we often use it to avoid conflict or to simply make small talk. We have become so accustomed to flattery that it has become a part of daily speech.

Getting into the root cause why many of us fall victims to flattery, that is, we enjoy flattery even if we know it is not true, could lead to serious psychological and sociological studies and evidence. This seemingly innocent habit may be rooted in some problems that need immediate action before it would cause damage to both the give and receiver of flattery.

ladies and gentlemen, this message that you will hear is to my family:

dear family, you so much for giving me a possibility to live and i am happy that you took care of me and always telling me that i can do everything that i have in mind, you trusted me and still do it, i don't think i need to ask you for more, i love you.

you so much for listening.

hope this you.

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)