Have you ever noticed a breeze at the beach on a hot summer day? even if there is no wind inland, there may be a cool breeze blowing in from the water. this breeze is an example of a local wind. local winds are winds that blow over short distances. local winds are caused by the unequal heating of earth’s surface within a small area. local winds form only when large-scale winds are weak.
in this excerpt, which sentence states the main point?
a.
even if there is no wind inland, there may be a cool breeze blowing in from the water.
b.
local winds form only when large-scale winds are weak
c.
local winds are caused by the unequal heating of earth’s surface within a small area.
d.
have you ever noticed a breeze at the beach on a hot summer day?

C. Local winds are caused by the unequal heating of Earth’s surface within a small area.

Explanation:

This is the main idea of the excerpt. In this excerpt, we learn that local winds are caused by the unequal heating of the Earth’s surface within a small area. This is the main point in the passage because it is the one that contains the most relevant information. The author includes the rest of the information in order to make the text more compelling and interesting.

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assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

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