Every minute of every day, someone needs blood. that blood can only come from a volunteer donor, a person like you who makes the choice to donate. there is no substitute for your donation. when you make a blood donation, you join a very select group. currently only 3 out of every 100 people in america donate blood. from its beginning, the american red cross has formed a community of service, of generous, strong and decent people bound by beliefs beyond themselves. the american red cross blood donor embodies this principle. join us in our mission to maintain a safe and stable blood supply by making your appointment to donate blood today. source: “give blood.” redcross. org. the american national red cross, n. d. web. 27 apr. 2011. based on this excerpt, what is the author’s primary purpose for writing?

Which type of writing is best illustrated in a venn diagram? chronological order fact and opinion comparison and contrast cause and effect

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky

The implicit details in this excerpt best support the conclusion that mrs. long feels angry about having to ask to borrow books. the speaker asks for books that were often difficult to find. the speaker appreciates the librarian's efforts to get her books. young children are not allowed to borrow books on their own.