Read the following passage and determine the author's purpose.
The Olympic Games took place in Beijing,
China, in 2008. In those Olympic Games,
swimming fans wondered whether Michael
Phelps, an American swimmer, would break
Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals.
Check all of the boxes that apply.
-to narrate
-to persuade or argue
-to inform

Read the excerpt from twelfth night, by william shakespeare. if music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase “dying fall” most likely mean in both excerpts? the noise is jarring. the noise is soothing. the sounds are fading. the sounds are too loud. mark this and return

What was the effect of voice, tone, and imagery in “diary 33” and “diary 24” from the freedom writers diary by erin gruwell and the freedom writers? use examples from the text to support your response.

What would the tone of the prologue to romeo and juliet be?