Locate the topic sentence. tell which paragraph shape and pattern type this paragraph is.
the art of letter writing seems to have declined sharply in recent years. ? perhaps the rising cost of stationery
and postage is a factor. most people today are so busy with their jobs, their families, and their hobbies that
they do not feel they have time to write letters. "to a certain extent, television and personal computers have
replaced communicating with friends as a form of entertainment. the advent of the telephone and the use of
e-mail, however, are probably the most significant factor in the decrease of letter writing, because they give
instant access to friends and loved ones.
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Odysseus taunts the cyclops and reveals his name, endangering the lives of his men. what does this evidence from the text reveal about odysseus?

Which description provides the best objective summary of the article in the passage?

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban.i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets.how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction.it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values.it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba.it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.