Read each of the paragraphs and study their parts to discuss how cohesive devices are used in each of the sentence. find out how the topic sentences are placed (beginning, middle, end, or implied)

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Many shoppers select products from supermarket shelves solely because the packages are colorful and and attractively designed. When quuestioned in the consumer surveys, such shoppers say they recognize that what is inside the package looks like on the outside. these shoppers also admit that they should base their buying decisions on such other factors as weight relative to price. yet, sales data consistently indicate that packaging is the chief influence on the product choices made by large segment of the buying public.

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.

the answer is sail boat won the race , and it was going 8 feet per   second

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.

it ends with a marriage, but also with prospero giving up his power.

the tempest is a play written by william shakespeare between 1610-1611, it narrates the story of prospero a magician that sets a storm to wreck a ship, this sets the story to kill the king of naples. while it is a romantic style play, it isn´t traditional because of the ending, it end with the marriage and the magician giving up his powers.