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The Springfield News

Healthcare Crisis in the United States
By Alex Keller

There is a growing health care crisis in this country. Nearly 18% of the population of the United States was without health insurance in 2006. 12% of all children in the United States were without health coverage. Many hard working people in this country do not have the opportunity for health benefits through their employers. Steadily increasing insurance premiums are the number one cited reason by small businesses for not providing health insurance to their employees.

What is the overall purpose of this article?

A. to inform
B. to persuade
C. to entertain
D. to inspire

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is different from honey. it offers a stronger sweet flavor, and like steel or plastic, it had to be invented. in the age of sugar, europeans bought a product made thousands of miles away that was less expensive than the honey from down the road. that was possible only because sugar set people in motion all across the world—millions of them as slaves, in chains; a few in search of their fortunes. a perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor: that is the dark story of sugar. how does the comparison of sugar to honey reveal the authors’ purpose? it persuades readers that sugar tastes better than honey. it informs readers that there is a connection between slavery and sugar. it informs readers that honey had a major impact on society. it persuades readers that sugar is as important an invention as steel.

Read the sentence. a few of the committee members did not attend which of the following accurately labels the bolded words? predicate adjective simple predicate predicate nominative complete predicate

Nthis poem by ruskin bond, what does the use of the word heart-beats suggest about the narrator's attitude toward life?