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read the passage why ,abe ,'' said mrs . duncan , ''what has brought you here at this late hour ? i hope that nothing has happened ! '' ''that bill of yours , you paid me two dollars and six cent, did you not? it was not right ,''
which satement best explains the author's purpose?

a. the purpose is to explain because of the facts it expresses .

b the purpose is to persuade because of the character trait it reveals

c. the purpose is to explain because of the use of third-person point of view

d. the purpose is to persuade because of the opinios is expresses

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Choose the form of the modifier that best completes the sentence. jerry can play dominoes better anyone anyone i've ever seen anyone else i've ever seen anyone i've never seeb

Odysseus taunts the cyclops and reveals his name, endangering the lives of his men. what does this evidence from the text reveal about odysseus?

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.