Which statement best reveals an author's purpose?
a. in this text, the author clearly has a hidden message about diet.
b. the author uses the words nutrition and hunger too frequently.
c. the author wants to convince readers to change their eating habits.
d. in this text, the author uses carefully chosen words.

Which of the following sentences contains the essential expression? a. we agreed of course that the party should be a surprise. b. mr. palmeri, our next-door neighbor, grows beautiful roses. c. jack, a football player, is trying for a scholarship. : d. the woman now approaching the microphone will introduce the speaker.

What was the major sacrifice the members of the continental congress dealt with? how did they overcome this obstacle?

Read the excerpt. “this is a train-servicing station and we have to wait for a train.” he shakes his head. i smile. “it’d be nice if we could get one.” lauren mizock has revised her draft of “train tracks” to convey plot events using