Which writing approach would best address the purpose and audience of this prompt?
The school board has created a new position to be filled by a student
representative. Consider who would be a good candidate and then
explain your choice to your fellow students, supporting your choice
with reasons.
A. Write a series of journal entries about your process of deciding to
run for the position yourself, and share the journal with your
classmates.
B. Write a persuasive letter in the school newspaper to convince
students to support the candidate of your choice.
O C. Write an essay for the school board comparing the qualities of the
various student candidates.
O D. Write a speech to persuade the school board that your preferred
candidate should be on the ballot.

Which sentence in this excerpt from frances hodgson burnett’s a little princess shows indirect characterization? it was just then that miss minchin entered the room. she was very like her house, sara felt: tall and dull, and respectable and ugly. she had large, cold, fishy eyes, and a large, cold, fishy smile. it spread itself into a very large smile when she saw sara and captain crewe. she had heard a great many desirable things of the young soldier from the lady who had recommended her school to him. among other things, she had heard that he was a rich father who was willing to spend a great deal of money on his little daughter. "it will be a great privilege to have charge of such a beautiful and promising child, captain crewe," she said, taking sara's hand and stroking it. "lady meredith has told me of her unusual cleverness. a clever child is a great treasure in an establishment like mine."

Read the passage from an argumentative essay. many endangered species are currently threatened by climate change. there are some laws already in place, but are they effective enough? anyone with a conscience knows that these creatures deserve the chance to survive without outside threats impeding their survival. i suppose this is a tough decision for lawmakers, but i hope they choose wisely. which statement best evaluates the claim in the passage?

Define the following word using the meaning of the suffix. use your dictionary if you are uncertain of the definition. argument a. full of disagreement b. act of disagreement c. state of disagreement d. quality of disagreement