Read the passage. as cara shuffled through the neglected, barren parking lot, she thought about the fight. edie would never forgive her for what she had said. their friendship was over. then cara saw it. a small, brilliantly red flower had managed to grow through one of the many jagged cracks of the parking lot. it stood in the midst of the parking lot like a lone boat in the middle of the ocean. how it had survived in this wasteland, cara would never know. but seeing this unlikely flower, she began to think that anything was possible. maybe edie would forgive her. the phrase “a small, brilliantly red flower” appeals to the reader’s sense of smell hearing sight touch

Consider the text and its central idea. informational text: one privilege that many teens look forward to is the ability to earn a driver’s license. driver’s licensing requirements are not the same in every state. in some states, young people can be fully licensed before their sixteenth birthday. in other states, the privilege to drive has some restrictions until the driver is eighteen years old. in every state, driver education is a required step in earning a license. students might earn a permit, or provisional license, and spend six months to a year driving with an adult in the car. since states are very different based on population, development, and roadways, the laws are different, too. central idea: states makes different laws about licensing drivers with some similar requirements. what supporting detail is most important to include in a summary of this text? teens get excited about learning to drive. in some states, kids can get their license on their birthday. some states are heavily populated, with dangerous roads to navigate. every state includes driver education as part of licensing requirements.