What is the purpose of a research report outline? A) to help readers preview what the report will say
B) to show all of the source information in the writer's notecards
C) to organize information in a way that readers can follow easily
D) to show all of the information gathered for the report

The tone of a story is the author's attitude toward the subject. provide two examples that support the conclusion that the tone of this story is ironic.

"ten from the sea to the sand he walks,to look in the soil, but not in the box''!

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt