Read the passage from sugar changed the world. b. c. 8000–7000 first planting of wild sugar cane, on the island of new guinea 6000 sugar cane reaches the philippines 1500–900 sugar cane used in hindu ceremonies described in oral traditions that date from around this time 515 according to the greek author herodotus, the persians had found what may be sugar cane in what is now india and pakistan 327 nearchus, friend of alexander the great, again mentions the reed that makes honey without bees, in india 286 first mention of sugar cane in china what is the purpose of this section of text? to contrast how different people used sugar to explain sugar cane’s ceremonial purpose to compare sugar cane use to honey use to provide the history of sugar cane use

In the sentence above, which verb is the irregular verb? a. laid b. warmed c. removed d. walked

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.

Create a blog to convince an audience to either support or oppose a proposal to require all students to wear uniforms in school