Select the correct text in the passage. identify the pair of coordinate adjectives in the passage. there was never a doubt in my mind that maggie flint was one of the most vicious, cruel girls i have ever known. she was always mean to the newer students and used her position to bully everyone. i would have never believed that she was capable of any compassion. but then i saw her taking care of a crippled race horse. she bathed him, groomed him, and even took him for strolls in the park. everyone knew that the horse was too severely injured to race, but that didn’t bother maggie. she showed surprising compassion.

To improve your understanding of an informational text, the question you should ask yourself as you read is: do i agree with what the author says in this text? who assigned me to read this text? what details in the text are unclear to me? what other texts has this author written?

Whats does walter decision to move to the house create for the audience?

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.