Sixth grade C.3 Identify author's purpose GEU Questions
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Named after Gustave Coriolis, a nineteenth-century mathematician, the Coriolis effect is
caused by Earth's rotation. As wind and ocean currents move across Earth's surface, the
planet itself is rotating from west to east. As a result, the currents appear to travel along
a curved path instead of a straight one. Wind and water currents traveling from the
equator toward the poles bend eastward, while currents traveling from the poles toward
the equator bend westward. The Coriolis effect explains why hurricanes spin
counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Which author's purpose is suggested by the text?
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to convince readers that the Coriolis effect is real
to introduce readers to the Coriolis effect
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Julius caesar. [brutus.] with this, she fell distraught, and, her attendants absent, swallowed fire. cassius. and died so? brutus. even so. cassius. o ye immortal gods! [enter lucius, with wine and taper] brutus. speak no more of her. give me a bowl of wine. in this i bury all unkindness, cassius. cassius. my heart is thirsty for that noble pledge. fill, lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup; i cannot drink too much of brutus' love. [exit lucius. enter titinius, with messala] brutus. come in, titinius; welcome, good messala. now sit we close about this taper here, and call in question our necessities. cassius. portia, art thou gone? brutus. no more, i pray you. what moral dilemma does brutus confront in this excerpt? brutus lets go of his anger toward cassius and forgives him. brutus decides that he will not mourn portia and will stay loyal to cassius. brutus decides that he is too angry at cassius to remain friends with him. brutus questions whether cassius's life should be ended.