Read the paragraph below and answer the question that follows.

1My name is Jonathan Cross. 2I am a member of the basketball team at Carter High School. 3Because of budget cuts, our school is unable to pay costs for new uniforms for our team. 4As a result, the team is seeking other sponsors to fund our new uniforms. 5I am writing to request that you consider sponsoring our team. 6As a sponsor, your company name would be featured on our uniforms.

Which of the following assertions is made about the topic in the paragraph?

Donating uniforms will help the team.
Donating uniforms will help the sponsor.
Benefits are greater than costs for donating uniforms.
Costs are greater than benefits for donating uniforms.
none of the above
The paragraph makes no assertions because it has no thesis.

What do the details in this excerpt readers to infer about the barbarians?

According to the author, where can we find the answer to our nation’s “most pressing problem”? does that seem logical?

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.