Question: Why does the author’s description of one of the new inventions of the day - “a machine successfully transmitting sound by means of light” - intentionally incorporate such highly technical language?

Answer: using technical language lets the author precisely explain what the new invention does

Question: How is the last sentence of the article, “Some of the things I have seen I am quite familiar with, and some I am not,” an appropriate development of the article’s ideas at that point?

Answer: it restates the main idea: that Edison made many older inventions that led to newer, less familiar ones

Question: How does the headline help develop the ideas in this article?

Answer: it introduces the main topic of the article

Question: How do the phrases “boiler - deck,” “ hurricane - deck,” and “Texas - deck,” affect the passage?

Answer: they highlight Twain’s familiarity with the parts of a steamboat, which gives the passage a more authoritative feel

Question: In “Nixon Resigns” by Caroll Kilpatrick, Kilpatrick begins the article with this statement:

Richard Milhous Nixon announced last night that he will resign as the 37th President of the United States at noon today.

Which statement best explains why Kilpatrick opens the article with this information?

Answer: it plainly establishes that the purpose of the article is to describe the resignation

Question: What is one of the journalist Caroll Kilpatrick’s purposes for writing the article “Nixon Resigns” ?

Answer: to share how the White House staff feels about Nixon’s resignation

Question:

Answer: the melancholy secretaries indicate that the resignation of Nixon is somber event

Question:

Answer: they indicate that Nixon had plans for domestic and international improvement

Question:

Answer: it creates a heavy-hearted tone that shows Nixon possesses remorse

Question:

Answer: it creates an informal and perplexed tone