'What do I think of the postal service? Last month when I mailed a check to pay my phone bill, it arrived a week late. I got charged a late fee! Mail delivery these days is terrible!"
- Kevin D., Cottonwood, CA
"I think the USPS is great! Look, for under fifty cents they'll take this card and get it to my son who's in college on the other side of the
country. That's a pretty good deal."
- Nancy W., Boston, MA
As these comments made in front of post offices in various parts of the country reveal, people have strong opinions about the United States
Postal Service, commonly known as the USPS. However, despite the strength of people's feelings, the truth is that Americans are using the USPS
less and less and the agency has been losing money for years. When was the last time you mailed or received a letter written on stationery, tucked
into a hand-addressed envelope, with a stamp stuck in the upper-right corner? If you're like most Americans, it's been a while. However, it
probably hasn't been that long since you sent or got a text, an e-mail, or a tweet. A decreasing volume of first-class mail, mostly personal
correspondence, bills, and small packages, is at the root of many of the USPS's problems.
What features show this is an example of pop culture writing?
A. It references primary sources and references historic events for context.
B. It uses testimonies and anecdotes as evidence and speaks directly to the reader.
C. The author uses the third-person point of view in order to inform the reader.
D. The tone is objective, straightforward, and informative.

Which character is mainly focused on in to kill a mockingbird?

Read the passage from animal farm. "that was part of the arrangement! " cried squealer. "jones's shot only grazed him. i could show you this in his own writing, if you were able to read it. the plot was for snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field to the enemy. and he very nearly succeeded—i will even say, comrades, he would have succeeded if it had not been for our heroic leader, comrade napoleon. do you not remember how, just at the moment when jones and his men had got inside the yard, snowball suddenly turned and fled, and many animals followed him? and do you not remember, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that comrade napoleon sprang forward with a cry of 'death to humanity! ' and sank his teeth in jones's leg? surely you remember that, comrades? " exclaimed squealer, frisking from side to side. now when squealer described the scene so graphically, it seemed to the animals that they did remember it. at any rate, they remembered that at the critical moment of the battle snowball had turned to flee. but boxer was still a little uneasy. how does the characterization of squealer support the author’s purpose? squealer's dramatic accusations draw parallels between him and stalin’s propagandists. squealer's uncertainty shows that he is not a reliable ally of napoleon and is ineffective with messaging. squealer's ability to get the animals to listen to him shows that any animal can rise to be a leader in time. squealer's humble interactions with the animals reflect the importance of equality and cooperation.

Imagine you are reading a story about a character named dray. dray is captain of the basketball team and practices for hours after school in order to achieve his goals of playing in the nba. one day, dray decides that he hates basketball. he quits the team and takes up knitting instead. what is the introduction of this new plot point is an example of a. an anticlimaxb. a conclusionc. a contrivanced. a climax