Read the excerpt from Team Moon. Why does the author use a problem-solution text
The heavier the spacecraft, the harder it is to launch.
structure in the paragraph?
And fuel is heavy. So it was critical to pinpoint the fuel
needed, add a cushion, then take no more than
to help the reader understand how the fuel system
on
spacecraft works
necessary. But now, because the landing was taking far
longer than planned, the fuel was almost gone Mission
to help the reader understand the difficult decisions
Control wanted Neil to take as much time as he needed
faced by Mission Control
and fly the LM as near empty as possible only because
(O help the reader understand the differences
they wanted him to make the landing. But if he ran out
between the two astronauts
of fuel above the surface, in all likelihood the LM would
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to help the reader understand how the country's
crash onto the moon. So they were trying to time it to
space program got started
the last possible second before calling an abort
calling off the landing

the answer is irony!

do you have a copy of the poem?

you have so far written an informative essay (if you haven't then you might want to do that. look back at the lesson for guidance) answer the question but is it the best conclusion it can be? does it properly summarize the main subtopics of your essay? does it state in one or two sentences the “so what” of your topic. if your topic was abraham lincoln, your essay shouldn’t be just about abraham lincoln. it should answer, “so what about abraham lincoln? ”

revise your conclusion

hope this you!

cornelia

explanation:

we don't know all that much about cornelia aside from what granny tells us about her, along with what we can gather from her few lines of dialogue. it's hard to picture her, too, since we're not given any details about her mannerisms or what she looks like. she could be dressed like a circus clown, for all we know.

even though we wouldn't recognize cornelia if we ran into her on the street, we can't but feel a lot of sympathy for this character. first of all, she's super nice and granny pretty much treats her like dirt. she's constantly asking granny if she needs anything and granny usually responds by snapping at her. here's a typical exchange:

"i thought you might want something."

"i do. i want a lot of things. first off, go away and don't whisper." (14-15)