Common lit GROWING UP: KEY MOMENTS by Jessie McBirney 1. What is the central idea of the text? A Unlike our childhood experiences, becoming an adult is difficult and becomes more intense as we get older.
B Growing up doesn’t happen overnight; instead, we grow up gradually and experience significant moments in our lives.
C Making the wrong choices and decisions during important growing-up moments can have a negative impact on our adult lives.
D In order to learn from our growing-up moments, we need to recognize them as they are happening rather than after the fact.

Announcer two: ladies and gentlemen, following on the news given in our bulletin a moment ago, the government meteorological bureau has requested the large observatories of the country to keep an astronomical watch on any further disturbances occurring on the planet mars. due to the unusual nature of this occurrence, we have arranged an interview with noted astronomer professor pierson, who will give us his views on the event. in a few moments we will take you to the princeton observatory at princeton, new jersey. we return you until then to the music of ramón raquello and his orchestra. the passage is from the transcript of the radio adaptation of the war of the worlds by h. g. wells. instead of including expert interviews, h. g. wells uses a narrator to tell about an alien invasion that occurred a few years earlier. by including expert interviews, how does the radio broadcast change the story most effectively? o.a. it puts the story in the past tense, increasing its personal tone. o o b. it makes the broadcast sound more like a fictional story. o o c. it makes the broadcast sound like a news report. o d. it makes the story sound less believable by changing who presents the story's details.