Today, many people who fly planes carry parachutes. The word “parachute” means “protects against a fall.” If a person jumps from an airplane, the parachute will open. Parachutes catch the air and make people fall more slowly. Many people parachute for fun. Other times, parachutes help people stay safe. Which sentence would BEST support the information in the paragraph?
A) A parachute is like a backpack with a large sheet folded inside. B) Thousands of people fly in airplanes every day in America. C) People say that flying airplanes is a very safe thing to do. D) The first airplane was flown by the Wright Brothers in 1903.

To improve your understanding of an informational text, the question you should ask yourself as you read is: do i agree with what the author says in this text? who assigned me to read this text? what details in the text are unclear to me? what other texts has this author written?

In order really to hate white people, one has to blot so much out of the mind — and the heart — that this hatred itself becomes an exhausting and self-destructive pose. but this does not mean, on the other hand, that love comes easily: the white world is too powerful, too complacent, too ready with gratuitous humiliation, and, above all, too ignorant and too innocent for that.which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports baldwin's purpose? a. it proves baldwin's central idea by highlighting the obvious.b. it emphasizes the problems that prevent one from loving the white world.c. it explains why the white world is unable to replace hate with love.d. it enumerates the many ways of dealing with the white world.

How was don quixote different from the literature before it? how did it signal a change in the history of literature? your answer should contain at least one hundred words.