What is the author’s main purpose for writing this text?
a.
to persuade the audience to save the historical building from destruction
b.
to present a report about the city manager’s plan to save historical buildings
c.
to record the events following the announcement of the city manager’s plan
d.
to express his views about the destruction of historical buildings
the city manager today announced his aggressive plan to curb the recent destruction of historical buildings by out-of-state developers. two major developers, hanson properties and city logic, have held rights to the city's old industrial district for years. recently though, they have made public their other acquisitions in the west side tobacco row area. since this area is not officially a "historical district" and is not yet recognized by the federal preservation committee, the developers have been given the option to tear the 150-year-old structures down. the city manager's plan is to deny all demolition in the city by refusing to grant city demolition permits.

Your answer is C. to record the events following the announcement of the city manager’s plan

since it is asking for her reaction to elnora's trouble at school you can rule out any answers with a positive response (b). then you can rule out (d), this is because it does not show the mother's reaction but the daughter's response. that leaves you with two options (a) and (c), by looking at the options you can rule out (c) because it isn't referring back to elnora's issues at school.

1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.