In this activity, you’ll analyze Mark Twain’s essay “Taming the Bicycle.” You’ll determine the author’s main purpose and other purposes for writing the text, supporting your answers with evidence from the text. Then you’ll reflect on your choice of purposes. Finally, you will analyze the author’s point of view from the purposes you identified. Part A
In the table, list at least two purposes you identified in “Taming the Bicycle” and present supporting evidence from the text for each purpose. List the main purpose first

Brainstorm 2 points on ‘a rule to live by’ about eating healthy and exercising

Sally rises every morning at 6: 30 am. after deep-breathing exercises, she dresses in sweats and sport shoes for a morning jog over the same paths in lakewood park. on average, her jog takes 23 minutes. the rest of her day also follows a formula. dinner is at 6: 30. at 7: 00, she turns on the tv to watch the national news. and so it goes. some say sally is a boring person. sally declares she is not at all boring, just well organized. the paragraph is organized by a. showing cause and effect. b. comparison. c. time. d. importance.

Reading critically involves reading to criticize reading many texts questioning a text talking about interests