Read this prompt.

create a presentation to convince the hanover county school board members that the county should add a fall break to next year’s school schedule, creating a week-long respite in october.

what is the purpose of this presentation?

to persuade the audience to add a vacation to a proposed calendar
to persuade the audience to sponsor a festival for school children
to inform the audience about school day requirements for a county
to inform the audience about upcoming events in the school calendar

to persuade the audience to add a vacation to a proposed calendar

Determining the answer to this question is all about vocabulary. In the prompt it tells you to convince the members. Convince is a synonym for persuade. When you are persuading someone to do something, you are trying to convince them that it is a good idea so they will do it. Keep in mind that it is not forceful. To convince or persuade someone of something, you must make clear and decent arguments as to why it is a good idea. The next pieces of vocabulary that are important are "fall break" and "week-long respite". When talking about school and a fall break, a person is talking about a break from school, also known as a vacation. The word respite also means break or vacation. Once we know the meaning of all these words, we can see that the prompt is asking us to persuade the audience to add a vacation to the calendar in the fall.

buy a huge library full of all the books ever written

the illustration   that would give a reader a clear understanding of the text is a picture of men constructing the frame of a building.the frame is made of iron bars. the text describes the job of blacksmiths'. these were very organised and they had different names: "the driver" and "the heater". the text describes the way in which these men worked ; they worked iron pieces as if they were playing a sport. in fact, the text wants to show the men's skills. the text also puts some emphasis on the use of '' rivets'' in construction. this kind of nails were not always used in the construction of manhattan.

some examples:

"and with an underhand toss he hurled the smoking rivet straight at the catcher, who caught it in mid-air in his catching can." men's skills

"when the driver was ready for a new " the emphasis on the rivet ( special nail used in construction).

" it against a beam to remove any cinders, and jammed it into the waiting hole. " the emphasis on the rivet.