Aaliyah is writing an essay on how to break in a baseball glove. which two signal words or phrases to identify the text structure she chose to use? i started playing t-ball when i was three years old, and i’ve been playing ever since. for many years, i had a glove that i loved to use. it was broken in perfectly—not stiff at all. unfortunately, the glove fell apart during a game; therefore, i found myself needing to break in a new one. i researched several methods and chose the best one for the job. here’s the method that i found to work the best: after washing your hands, start applying glove oil all over your glove with a cloth. you need to really work on the area around the pocket and along the laces. allow the glove to dry before going on to the next step. place a baseball or softball in the pocket of the glove. then wrap it with rubber bands to keep it in place. you still might end up with creases in your glove. to solve this problem, you should be careful not to wrap the glove too tight or allow the bands to be too loose.

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes