Read the passage. when i was in high school in san diego, we spent our free days playing volleyball on the soft, sandy shore. laughing, wrestling, dashing in and out of waves, we boys were completely free of responsibility. we leaped, twisted, wove, and dive-bombed over the sand dunes until late in the morning, when families bearing colorful umbrellas, lounge chairs, and children arrived. when the sand got hot enough to burn our feet, we swam out to meet the waves. what is the writer’s purpose in this paragraph?
a. to notify and explain
b. to explain and entertain
c. to convince and suggest
d. to inform and analyze

Why do the other characters in olivia’s household hate malvolio?

The killing of a mockingbird: miss maudie says, “atticus finch is the same in his house as he is in public” (61). what evidence so far proves this true?

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.