My stomach feels like it’s tightening into a tiny little ball. i feel like throwing up. i keep thinking that i’ll get laughed at the minute i step off the bus. instead, i’m greeted by a couple of my friends who were in my english class last year. at that point, it hits me. ms. gruwell, my crazy english teacher from last year, is really the only person who made me think of hope for my future. talking with my friends about our english class and the adventures we had the year before, i began to feel better . . i receive my class schedule and the first teacher on the list is ms. gruwell in room 203. i walk in the room and i feel as though all the problems in my life are not important anymore. i am home. based on this excerpt, what is the author’s purpose for writing? to persuade to teach to heal to entertain

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the three (3) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. your sister has a new boyfriend. the first time you meet him, he corners you and talks to you for an hour about football, a subject in which you have no interest at all. you come away with the impression that he is an inconsiderate bore. the next two times you see him, however, he says not a word about football. he participates in the general conversation and makes some witty and intelligent remarks. what is your impression of him now? do you find him likable and interesting on the basis of the last two encounters? do you average out the early minus and the later plus and come out with a neutral zero? neither is likely. what is likely is that you still think of him as an inconsiderate bore. psychological research suggests that first impressions, as our mothers and fathers told us, are quite lasting. 1. the words “neutral zero” refer to an impression that is positive. 2. the words “neutral zero” refer to an impression that is neither positivenor negative. 3. the selection suggests that it’s a good idea to make good firstimpressions. 4. the selection suggests that it can be difficult to remain objective aboutothers. 5. first impressions tend to be fair and balance