Read the excerpt from "a defense of veganism." the final major claim against veganism is that it is just some kind of radical environmental movement in disguise; that in fact, veganism does not protect the environment. this claim is pretty ridiculous. why? because meat production actually takes a massive toll on our planet. how massive? well, according to a united nations' report cited on the mother nature network site, the production, consumption, and disposal of meat results in get ready 70 percent of the world's water consumption, a full 38 percent of the world's land use, and almost 20 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. how does the author address the counter-argument in this excerpt? a. the writer gives details on climate change to show the counter-argument is not true. b. the writer provides facts about meat production to refute the counter-argument. c. the writer makes outrageous claims about meat to support the counter-argument. d. the writer shows that the environmental movement provides fictional claims about veganism.

The author addresses the counter-argument in the above excerpt by providing facts about meat production to refute the counter-argument.

The correct option is B.

In the excerpt, he presents through the facts what damages the production of meat bring to the environment. In his article ‘In Defense of Eating Meat’, Timothy Hsiao argued that consuming the animal products is bad but not morally bad because it provides nutritional values to the humans.

answer; /// the correct answer to the above statement is (a) because of the decline on native american labor forces;

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)