How do details from the excerpts support the author's
purpose?
In the first excerpt, the author uses facts and statistics,
while in the second excerpt, the author uses words that
appeal to readers' emotions.
In the first excerpt, the author relies on third-person
point of view, while in the second excerpt, the author
uses first-person point of view.
In the first excerpt, the author uses words to persuade
the reader while in the second excerpt, the author uses
language to entertain the reader
In the first excerpt, the author uses narrative techniques
and figurative language, while in the second excerpt, the
author includes facts to persuade.

On november 17, 1968, football fans across the united states sat glued to their televisions. a close game between two top teams—the new york jets and the oakland raiders—was being broadcast. when the jets pulled ahead with only fifty seconds remaining, viewers went wild. but then, just as the raiders were bringing the ball across midfield, the game disappeared from the screen! in its place, a previously scheduled children's movie, heidi, started playing. callers flooded the tv network's phone lines, but it was too late. the raiders scored two touchdowns in the very final moments—touchdowns that were unseen by all but west coast viewers. as a result of the interrupted event, dubbed "the heidi game," television networks began delaying their regularly scheduled programs until football games had ended.

What impact does the use of dashes have on the rhythmic structure of this poem? the dashes create imperfect rhyme that confuses the reader. the dashes create a slow rhythm that is pleasant for the reader. the dashes create a quick rhythm that confuses the reader the dashes create a heightened rhythm that excites the reader

Based on the character description what xan the reader infer about ruth