Read the introduction to griffin’s personal narrative, “saving up.” when i was fifteen, i asked my mom if i could go visit my cousin, who lived across the country. “if you can up enough babysitting money to pay for half of the plane ticket, i will let you go,” she replied. i thrilled!

When I was fifteen, I asked my mom if I could go visit my cousin, who lived across the country. “If you can save up enough babysitting money to pay for half of the plane ticket, I will let you go,” she replied. I was thrilled!

Explanation:

To fill in the blanks in the phrase put in the question, I looked for words that would maintain a coherence and cohesion in the text and make sense to anyone who would read. So, the words that fit best were "save" and "was".

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

you're welcome ; p

he will find out what went wrong or happened and how.