Read a student’s reaction to a nonfiction article.

summary:
i read an article by alfred jenson about oil spills. jenson has crossed the arctic ocean many times on vessels designed for exploration and research. he believes oil spills can be prevented with stricter international regulations governing oil transport.

controlling idea:
the controlling idea of jenson’s article is that many oil spills have occurred in recent years in the arctic ocean.

what must the student add to make this controlling idea complete?

a) jenson’s viewpoint
b) expert testimony
c) arctic ocean statistics
d) specific dates

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.