Which of the following is true about functional text? a. functional text may have boldfaced words or phrases to indicate key ideas. b. graphs and charts are rarely used with functional text. c. to make the most of technical directions, it is best to try to do the task as you read the directions for the first time. d. reading strategies, but not textual features, can make understanding functional text easier.

a) functional text may have boldfaced words or phrases to indicate key ideas.

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paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

huck's relationship with food is a prominent theme throughout the novel, and during his time on jackson's island and working his way down river, huck revels in and enjoys his ad hoc dining. in the first chapter, we observe huck is ironically trapped in a "civilized" world, when he would prefer to live freely in nature.