Then here comes mr. pearson with his clipboard and his cards and pencils and whistles and safety pins and fifty million other things he’s always dropping all over the place with his clumsy self. he sticks out in a crowd because he’s on stilts. .

“well, hazel elizabeth deborah parker, going to give someone else a break this year? ” i squint at him real hard to see if he is seriously thinking i should lose the race on purpose just to give someone else a break. “only six girls running this time,” he continues, shaking his head sadly like it’s my fault all of new york didn’t turn out in sneakers. “that new girl should give you a run for your money.” he looks around the park for gretchen like a periscope in a submarine movie. “wouldn’t it be a nice gesture if you were . . to ahhh . . ”

what description best fits the characterization of mr. pearson?

he is very organized and exacting.

he takes the race very seriously.

he is tired of squeaky dominating the race.

he is excited to see squeaky win again.

Which of these number is main idea? ! (1) propaganda is information that is methodically spread in order to persuade audiences to adopt a certain opinion. (2) advertising is an ever-present form of propaganda in our lives. (3) four common propaganda techniques are present in the advertising we see and hear every day. (4) one technique, the testimonial, involves having a well-known person appear on behalf of the product being sold. (5) advertisers assume, for example, that if we admire a sports star, we’ll want to eat the cereal he or she endorses. (6) another common propaganda technique, the bandwagon, makes us want to be “one of the gang.” (7) “everybody’s switching to . .” “don’t be left out . . ” and “all across america, people are discovering . . ” are phrases that signal a bandwagon approach. (8) the plain-folks propaganda technique is especially popular on tv. (9) in plain-folks commercials, we see and hear “regular” consumers talk about their experience using a certain phone company, headache remedy, or brand of coffee. (10) the fourth common propaganda technique, the transfer, encourages us to link two unrelated objects in our mind. (11) when a powerful cougar prowls around a shiny new car, for example, advertisers hope we will transfer our sense of the wild cat’s speed, strength, and beauty to our vision of their product.