What is academic discourse? What convention of fact sheets makes it easy to find the article's central ideas?
the short, simple titles that most fact sheets have
the neutral tone and simple writing style
the use of introductory and concluding paragraphs
the tendency to include only the most basic facts

Which textbook section would you use to identify the books and articles the author used or referred to in writing the book? introduction bibliography index table of contents

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?

What is the main idea of this paragraph from the volcanoes section of the ready.gov website