One tool for determining the purpose for your essay is to

bracket sentences that address your point

circle elements that are neither compared nor contrasted

underline all points of contrast in the essay

color-code the comparisons in each of your paragraphs

bracket sentences that address your point.

One way in which you can identify the purpose of your essay is by bracketing sentences that address your point. This practice will allow you to understand what the main points of your essay are. By understanding which elements in your essay are the most important ones, you can more easily identify what your essay is trying to prove. This will be the purpose of the essay.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

i think the anti-race spokesman is working to achieve equality between whites and blacks and to encourage blacks to shakespeare's theory