GIVING PLS HELP ASAP Outline the structure of the classification paragraph in the space provided below. Topic sentence: Purpose 1: Purpose 2: Purpose 3: Purpose 4: Concluding statement:

Authors typically write for one of four purposes. Writers write to inform readers, that is, to give them information about something. Writers write to inspire or persuade readers to believe or act. They sometimes write to express emotion and strong feelings. They also write to delight or entertain their readers. The purposes of a writer are not neatly separated. Often, a single passage can include one, two, or all of these purposes.

Without saying a word, berthe seized the child, kissed it and hugged it to her. then she raised her tear-filled eyes to him, asking: "did you say that the mother was dead? " he answered: "yes—just now—in my arms. i had broken with her since summer. i knew nothing. the physician sent for me." then berthe murmured: "well, we will bring up the little one." in this excerpt from "a wedding gift," the scene is an example of situational irony because berthe behaves in a surprising way an example of the theme of redemption because the child has another chance an example of dramatic irony because berthe behaves in a surprising way an example of the theme of tragedy because the infant's mother has just died

Based on the context of each quote from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs, find the word that most closely matches thedenotation of the bolded word

What is the metaphor used for captain beatty? what is he being compared to?