Garret read the following paragraph during his research on airplane travel. (1) Airplane travel has increased significantly in the past decades. (2) More than three-quarters of all domestic flights are taken for leisure purposes. (3) The money spent on all airplane travel, both domestic and international, totaled over 600 billion dollars in 2013. (4) Unlike in the past when airplane travel was very costly, most Americans consider airplane travel a viable option when they are planning a trip. How is the author’s purpose conveyed in the passage? A. The author uses the first sentence to inform readers of the central idea that people travel by airplanes more now than in the past. B. The author uses the second sentence to entertain readers by describing various leisure opportunities. C. The author uses the third sentence to entertain readers by including a shocking fact about the total amount spent on airplane travel. D. The author uses the fourth sentence to persuade readers to travel by airplane on their next vacation.

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1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.