ERLINI Read It!
By age 5, Llewellyn Werner had written his first piece of music. He started college soon after that. In college, he
earned a degree in music when he was only 13 years old. Not long ago, Werner was invited to play with a
symphony. The symphony was traveling to a country in the midst of a war. Werner was both excited and nervous
to perform. Traveling through the country was difficult because of the fighting. However, Werner was safe
throughout the tour. He sees his music as a way to help people get along and work together.
Do It!
Werner was
A
brave
B
comfortable
trusted
D
missed
Submit
No

as you read the passage below, consider how dana gioia uses

evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims.

reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence.

stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.

explanation:

answer: from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under god shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people

explanation: