Read the paragraph below and answer the question that follows. My name is Jonathan Cross. 21 am a member of the basketball team at Carter High School
3Because of budget cuts, our school unable to pay costs for new uniforms for our team. As a
result, the team is seeking other sponsors to fund our new uniforms. 57 am writing to request
that you consider sponsoring our team. 6As a sponsor, your company name would be featured
on our uniforms.
Which of the following assertions is made about the topic in the paragraph?
Donating uniforms will help the team.
Donating uniforms will help the sponsor.
Benefits are greater than costs for donating uniforms.
Costs are greater than benefits for donating uniforms.
none of the above
The paragraph makes no assertions because it has no thesis.

Returning from vietnam, we were indeed given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. what is one way the author's use of language contributes to the tone of this passage? a. the use of figurative language creates a feeling of resentment. b. the phrase "hot, angry tangle" is used sarcastically to create irony. c. the word "parade" is used sarcastically to create a lighthearted mood. d. the parallelism draws attention to the confusion of those returning.