Read the excerpt from a short walk around the pyramids
and through the world of art.
which text feature would best the reader understand
this excerpt?
in the past, the kota spoke to the bones of their ancestors
before making important decisions. they stored the bones in
small baskets woven of rolls of bark or leaves. sculpture
such as this piece -- which is called a kota funerary figure --
was tied to the top of the baskets. we are not certain what
the figure meant to the kota.
a sidebar about other african tribes
a glossary to define the word "funerary"
a graph showing the number of kota sculptures
a chapter heading to summarize the text

The speaker in the “to a mouse” regrets that the mouse runs away so fast because the

Sally rises every morning at 6: 30 am. after deep-breathing exercises, she dresses in sweats and sport shoes for a morning jog over the same paths in lakewood park. on average, her jog takes 23 minutes. the rest of her day also follows a formula. dinner is at 6: 30. at 7: 00, she turns on the tv to watch the national news. and so it goes. some say sally is a boring person. sally declares she is not at all boring, just well organized. the paragraph is organized by a. showing cause and effect. b. comparison. c. time. d. importance.

Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lady bracknell. well, i must say, algernon, that i think it is high time that mr. bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. . i should be much obliged if you would ask mr. bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. it is my last reception, and one wants something that will encourage conversation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much. what aspect of lady bracknell’s behavior does wilde use to poke fun at the importance placed on frivolous events in formal society? her concern with a party instead of mr. bunbury’s health her interest in playing classical music at her reception her jealousy over algernon’s friendship with the sickly mr. bunbury her concern about the health of algernon’s friend