1. Highlight the two sentences that develop the author’s idea that advice is based on life experiences and everyone’s journey is different. /2 a. I encourage anyone over 26 to try this and thank you for indulging in my attempt. b. The real troubles of your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday. c. I will dispense this advice now. d. “Maybe you’ll marry, …. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else’s.” 2. Part A. What is the tone of the speech? Highlight your answer. /2 A. Gloomy and stressful B. Humorous and motivational C. Fearful and confused Part B. Highlight two sentences that convey the tone of the speech from Part A? A. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary… B. Trust me on the sunscreen. C. I encourage anyone over 26 to try this and thank you for indulging in my attempt. D. Do one thing every day that scares you.

Read sentence 13 from the draft. some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the spring and summer, but the leaves do not retain their green color for long. which detail would be best to add after sentence 13 to develop the topic? a. since the green color of the leaves that are bright and abundant during the warmer months will disappear by the time it is fall, it is important that the leaves are trimmed and kept freshly cut so that they will last for as long as possible. b. while the temperature outside may dictate when the fall colors of leaves appear, it is only one of many environmental factors that play a part in the changing of colors from green leaves to fall-colored leaves during the cooler months. c. if people want to enjoy the green color of leaves longer, trees should be planted where the environment is warmer and the days longer because chlorophyll in the leaves can only be manufactured and replaced with sunlight and warmth. d. the green chlorophyll normally masks the fall-colored pigments during the warmer months, but as sunlight becomes less abundant and trees become frozen, the fall colors of leaves become more visible as chlorophyll disappears.