1my name is maddox smith. 2i am the treasurer of the san marcos high school charity club. 3we're having a canned food drive. 4this event is going to be off the hook and raise lots of dough for the homeless peeps. 5it's just two weeks away and i am writing to ask for your . 6the charity club is planning to place collection boxes for canned food items at various local stores. 7we'd love it if you would allow us to place a bin at shop mart. 8all of the collections from the food drive will go to the local food bank to be sent out to local families who are really, super poor.

which of the following would be most in creating a more formal and professional tone?

mentioning the request sooner
better explaining the purpose for writing
eliminating the slang
removing the contractions only
all of the above

Which sentences from part 1 of the call of the wild would best serve as evidence of the theme "sometimes survival depends on knowing when not to fight"? buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. to be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. he had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. but to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. he saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. he had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. that had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. they would never get another rope around his neck.