Daylight savings is a system of setting clocks 1 or 2 hours ahead. This causes sunrise and sunset to happen at a later hour. Daylight savings results in an extra hour of daylight in the evening. This idea was first jokingly mentioned in an essay by Benjamin Franklin in 1784. British builder William Willet wrote seriously about the idea in 1907.
Daylight savings has been used in the U. S. and many European countries since World War I. The system was started to conserve fuel needed to get electric power. Homes and businesses did not have to turn their lights on as early. Some places in the U. S. went back to standard time after the war.
During World War II, U. S. Congress passed a law putting the whole country on "war time." This set the clocks ahead 1 hour for the rest of the war. The Uniform Time Act in 1966 set up a daylight savings schedule for most of the U. S. Each state voted on whether the state would follow daylight savings time.

What is the main idea of this passage?
A.
the people who invented daylight savings time
B.
what daylight savings time is and why we use it
C.
how daylight savings time helps conserve fuel
D.
how to set the clocks for daylight savings time

B.  what daylight savings time is and why we use it

Explanation:

The first paragraph starts out by explaining exactly what daylight savings time is. It then goes on to explain the reasons (conserving fuel, saving energy, wartime measures) throughout the second and third paragraphs.

Why not A: This does not focus on people; it only mentions 2 people in the first paragraph, and not in the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs.

Why not C: It doesn't explain how it conserves fuel throughout the passage, so this is incorrect.

Why not D: This is never explicitly explained.

which of the following statements about considering your audience and purpose is false?

you should think about what your audience already knows about your topic.- first choice

32.how is the rhythm in a lyric poem created?

by stressing certain words or syllables- first choice

33. which of the following describes an elegy?

a poem expressing sorrow for someone who has died- third choice

34.how does the audience know that the play is moving on to a new scene?

the scenery, lighting, and props change.-last choice

35. the internet is an electronic communications network that connects computer systems all over the world.- third choice

36. which of the topic sentences below best states the paragraph’s main idea?

there are several ways for students to earn money.- third choice

37.what tone does this passage convey?

satirical- third choice

38.what point is he trying to make by wearing the veil for most of his life?

he means to show that everyone, not just he, has experienced sin and sorrow and should therefore try not to hide it from others or from god.- first choice

39.based on the sentence’s context clues, how do you think the character feels?

excited- third choice

40.what tone does this passage convey?

pessimistic- second choice

it the climax in the poem