What purpose does context, or background information, serve in a reflective essay? A) it remind readers of similar stories they may have read

B) to help readers understand what happens next

C) to explain why the event’s details matter to you

D) to provide clues about how the narrative will end

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.

When a text is organized according to what happened first in the story in time order, this is known as what kind of structure?

Which figurative language technique is demonstrated in the last sentence of the passage? a) simile b) metaphor c) hyperbole d) personification