Use your background knowledge to match each detail from the introduction with the most logical prediction about
what you will learn in Wheels of Change.
"You'll meet celebrity cyclists of the
what changes occurred as a result of
day
women riding bicycles
"how liberated they must have been
as they pedaled"
what women wore before and after
the bicycle was invented
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"Imagine a population imprisoned by
their very clothing
the ways in which bicycles appeared
in popular culture
"see bicycles used in advertisements
which riders were popular, and what
made them so

Read this passage from geoffrey lean’s “one poor harvest away from chaos”: on wednesday, the food and agriculture organisation (fao) reported that global food prices has hit a record high and were likely to go on rising. . that is bad enough for britain, adding to the inflationary pressures from the soaring cost of oil and other commodities, not to mention the vat increase. but for the world’s poor, who have to spend 80 percent of their income on food, it could be catastrophic. why is the passage an example of deductive reasoning? a. the author is appealing to the feelings and emotions of the audience b. the author starts with specifics, using them to probe a general point. c. the author is starting with a general topic and moving to more specific information d. the author is showing that he biased against poor people

Once you have finished revising your peer’s essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.

Within a farewell to arms, what would be the best definition of the word “regiments”?