FOR THE PASSAGE SEARCH CommonLit The Power of Advertising PART A: What is the author’s main purpose in paragraph 11?
A. to show how advertisements can be dangerous by creating unattainable images
that consumers wish to embody
B. to provide readers with suggestions about how to avoid the negative influence
of advertisements
C. to suggest that the advertising industry needs to change the message it directs
at consumers
D. to prove to consumers that advertisements never use real images or
information about their products

In the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent “annoying but tolerable.” if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: the cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? the excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim