2. In paragraph 7, what does the phrase "keeping their ears half open" mean? A The astronauts are immersed in their own routines and are not curious to hear what is
happening at mission control.
B The connection to mission control is not very clear and the astronauts must pay extra close
attention in order to hear what is being said.
C The astronauts are so used to nothing out of the ordinary occurring that they do not give the
conversations with mission control much attention.
D The information shared by mission control is never informative and the astronauts do not
give it much credit.

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.

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explanation:

jenkins wanted the narrator to write a ghost story for his magazine. he wanted the narrator to give the readers a story based on the supernatural. he wanted him to give the readers real 'horror' stories and not the type of live ghosts which he had presented in his earlier stories.

i have no idea buudy for the points tho