1.Implied meaning is the idea an author suggests without saying it outright. True
False

2.Short stories have long character descriptions.

True
False

3.We make Christian judgments when we decide what is right and wrong according to God's Word.

True
False

4.An author writes to entertain, to inform, to give facts, directions, or influence thinking. We call the author's reason for writing the author's .

authority
purpose
skill

5.An important reading comprehension skill is to identify the setting, characters, and .

life style
plot
descriptions

Read the excerpt from the declaration of independence. nor have we been wanting in attention to our brittish brethren. we have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. we have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. we have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. they too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. what is the author’s purpose in this excerpt? to inform readers about british immigration to the colonies to convince readers that britain has treated the colonists unfairly to inform readers about specific acts of british military aggression to convince readers that american colonists should be tried in britain