1. this is the central and most important idea of a reading passage.
2. this is the perspective from which a story is told.
3. this is the reason for creating written work.
4. this is the relationship between two or more events in which one event brings about another.
5. this is reading between the lines. it is taking something that you read and putting it together with something that you already know to make sense of what you read.
6. this is a method of relating two or more objects in a piece of work.
7. this is to separate a whole into its parts.
8. to find as many relationships as possible within or between texts

answer choices
a. analyze
b. author's purpose
c. cause and effect
d. compare and contrast
e. connect
f. inference
g. main idea
h. point of view

1. - G

2. - H

3. - B

4. - C

5. - A

6. - D

7. - F

8. - E

Explanation:

The central and the most important idea of reading the passage is the main idea of the work.

The perspective from which the story is narrated to us is the point of view through which the author highlights his message.

The reason for which a particular work is created is the author's purpose as a literary work always contains either an autobiographical element or social issue which he/she wishes to depict.

The relationship between two or more events in which the cause brings about the consequential effects either positive or negative.

Reading between the lines is the analysis of a particular work for better understanding and criticism.

The method of relating two or more objects is the comparison and contrast for better analysis.

The separation of a whole into parts is cited as Inference for better clarity of the events that occurred throughout the story.

To find as many relationships as possible within or between texts is the ability to connect the character's actions and the plot.

an old person

explanation:

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.