Carrie is having problems with her co-worker shawn. shawn is always late in completing his part of their projects. carrie decides to talk to shawn. she speaks to him calmly to identify the problem. they share their perspectives, identify possible solutions, and come to an agreement. carrie and shawn are applying skills. by working together to solve the problem, carrie and shawn are showing skills. they are willing to work together to achieve their common goal.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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what are the excerpts?