Read the introduction to julissa’s composition.

the largest of the linen tents, erected at the campsite to protect the team of conservationists from the relentless african sun, housed the leader of the expedition, dr. aidan hamilton. his round spectacles framed his slender face and complimented his gray hair as he sat outside his tent, mapping the day’s journey.
julissa is most likely writing with the purpose

a. explaining information using dates and facts.
b. describing a sequence of events.
c. describing in an observational manner.
d. persuading and influencing others.

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What is tomas paine's central claim in this excerpt

The courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: rock from new england quarried; now granite in a granite hill. the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. oh, if instead she'd left to me the thing she took into the grave! - that courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and i have. based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child? question 2 options: a: the speaker thinks it was a waste of money b: the speaker places a high value on the item c: the speaker never wears the brooch d: the speaker feels it could be easily replaced