Read the criteria for a score of 4 in the Audience and Purpose category.

Based on the criteria, which element should the writer be most concerned with for this category?

Audience and Purpose: Score 4

Consistently targets an audience through word choice and selection of details; clearly identifies the purpose in a thesis statement

A.

grammar and punctuation

B.

supporting details

C.

sentence variety

D.

main idea

Read the text evidence. "fish cheeks" then my father poked his chopsticks just below the fish eye and plucked out the soft meat. "amy, your favorite," he said, offering me the tender fish cheek. i wanted to disappear. "broken chain" alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a v in the back and streaked purple. but he knew his mother wouldn't go for it. and his father, who was puro mexicano, would sit in his chair after work, sullen as a toad, and call him "sissy." which theme does the text evidence from the essay and short story support? one’s cultural background affects who he or she is. manners are important to use in life. a person’s outward appearance can be deceiving. family always comes first.

Read the excerpt from act i, scene v of romeo and juliet which best describes paris's reaction when he believes that juliet has died? paris: have i thought long to see this morning's face, and doth it give me such a sight as this? o he's angry that the friar gave her poison. o he's relieved that the wedding is canceled. o he's sympathetic toward her parents. o he's devastated that he cannot marry her.

Her brother joined the army before he finished college. identify the adverb clause in the sentence. a) finished college b) her brother joined c) brother joined the army d) before he finished college