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i like my cousins, but when we go to the mall together, they drive me crazy. debra stops and looks at herself in every mirror to comb her hair and adjust her makeup. deidra takes way too long trying on outfits but is too picky to actually buy one. dalia spends the whole time making fun of other people's clothing choices. none of them will even eat at the food court because they don't want to mess up what they're wearing. it's strange that we are from the same family, but act so differently.
what is the implicit idea in this paragraph?
my cousins all have names that start with the letter d.
my cousins care too much about appearances.
my cousins do not like to go to the mall.
my cousins drive me crazy.

Before ending this lesson, take a moment to review an informative research essay you have written. you’ve probably already written a conclusion to the essay. but is it the best conclusion it can be? does it properly summarize the main subtopics of your essay? does it state in one or two sentences the “so what” of your topic. if your topic was abraham lincoln, your essay shouldn’t be just about abraham lincoln. it should answer, “so what about abraham lincoln? ” take five or ten minutes, and looking only at that single paragraph, revise your conclusion

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

Emily is reading her friend's story. it uses transition words like and emily can tell that this story's organization is a) sequence of events b) cause and effect c) compare and contrast d) question and answer