Sample paragraph: The library should remain open for an additional hour every day. The current hours do not allow students enough time after school for quiet study and research. This makes studying difficult for students who have trouble finishing their homework. They also have difficulty conducting research, as most students do not have the ability to get to the city library and do not have sufficient resources at home.

Read the paragraph from a model letter. Who is the intended audience for the letter?

A) a national newspaper
B) the principal of the school
C) a student at the same school
D) a parent of a student

Determining sentence type match each sentence with its type. i looked over my shoulder, because ! had an eerie feeling simple the child ran to greet the dog, and the teddy bear fell to the ground. compound-complex the leaf broke loose from the gnarled branch complex while the moon was full, the wolves howled and the dogs slept. compound

What word or words suggest they have a monotonous marriage? in the lamb to the slaughter

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.