Read an excerpt from the blog entry "Highlights of Summer-Day 1."
Which statement from the excerpt best supports the
purpose of writing to entertain?
July 18, 2012
O I look forward to summer every year.
The day after school got out, my friend had a birthday
party
Kids were running all over the place, trying to get
each other wet.
I will update tomorrow with more tales of summer.
I look forward to summer every year. The day after
school got out, my friend had a birthday party. After
meeting at her house, we broke into teams and had a
water balloon fight! Kids were running all over the
place, trying to get each other wet. I somehow
stayed dry, but my friend Lee got soaking wet! My
other friend, Kiara, hid under a bush and sneak-
attacked people as they ran by. We had so much
fun! Anyway, that's it for now. I will update
tomorrow with more tales of summer.

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .