Highlight the big ideas and ideas that are repeated to find the central idea.

The British often used a "mask" to keep their messages secret. Hidden within what looked like an ordinary letter was the secret message that was only revealed when the reader applied the mask. The writer might send the letter by one rider going by one route while another rider carried the mask on another route. Such letters had an extra advantage: The writer could include false information in case Americans intercepted the letter.

—George Washington, Spymaster,
Thomas B. Allen

Which statement best states the central idea?

A mask was a useful way to send messages.
Letter writers could travel via several routes.
Writers could include false information.
A mask was needed to read a message.

(important to read ender's game before answering) in what ways can people be both intelligent and foolish at the same time? how does the author show ender’s intelligence enabling him to fight against authority? make sure your ideas are well-organized and clear. review your word choice and make sure supports your purpose. edit by correcting errors in spelling and grammar and give your work a final polish.

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

Jamal english, mandarin and a bit of arabic. a. speaks b. speak c. speaking d. is speaking