Review the passage from "say no to library cuts." while it is true that the city has to cut the budget, the city does not have to take the funds from the library. the library plays too great a role in our community. instead of reducing the budget for the library, the mayor could delay for one year the proposed changes to the city's recycling program. which best identifies the purpose of the boldfaced text? (a) to introduce the essay and state the main claim (b) to emphasize the opposition's refutations (c) to emphasize the opposing position (d) to refute the counterclaim i'm thinking a.

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a. to show where the shoes came from b. to show how valuable the shoes were c. to reveal why stanley was arrested d. to give background on the homeless shelter

Which detail from the text best demonstrates the effect of totalitarianism on the animals? "progress was made in the dry frosty weather that followed." "it had been decided to build the walls three feet thick." "they were always cold, and usually hungry as well." "for a long time the quarry was full of snowdrifts and nothing could be done."

What is the main idea of “young lions, young ladies”?