4. What purpose do the descriptions and explanations
serve? How are they
supposed to affect the
reader?

What time of day would you expect to see a first quarter moonrise?

Read the passage: canines may not be the deepest thinkers in the world. but perhaps that's for the best. the life of a dog—sitting alone all day, waiting for everyone to come home—can be pretty boring. super-smart animals would probably get totally stressed out, says university of pennsylvania researcher james serpell. look at it this way: if dogs were any smarter, they probably wouldn't choose to hang around with us. which best describes the tone of the passage?

The true confessions of charlotte doyle and "jonah and the whale" have which theme in common?