Passage 1 Taipei 101

Taiwan is home to Taipei 101. Taipei 101 is the world’s tallest skyscraper.
The 1,679-foot-tall building is named after its number of floors. Its elevators travel at over 3,000 feet a minute. They can go from the 5th to the 89th floor in 39 seconds.
Taipei 101 is 271 feet taller than the Sears Tower. The Sears Tower is the tallest skyscraper in the United States. Taipei 101 is 184 feet taller than the Petronas Twin Towers. The Petronas Twin Towers previously held the record for being the world’s tallest skyscrapers.

Passage 2
Building Controversy

The Sears Tower is the world’s largest skyscraper, right? The answer to that is, “No.” The Sears Tower is quickly working its way to the bottom of the skyscraper heap. Is this because architects are designing taller skyscrapers? Well, yes, but it is also because of the way skyscrapers are measured and classified.
Currently, Taipei 101 is the world’s tallest skyscraper. It is a 101-story building that is located in Taiwan. It measures 1,671 feet. Its height was determined by measuring the building from its main entrance to its “structural top.” This means that building was measured from the sidewalk to its top, including its pinnacles.
The top of the Sears Tower is lower than the top Taipei 101. However, its antenna is higher than the top of Taipei 101. This does not matter. The group that measured the buildings does not count an antenna as part of a skyscraper.

Which detail is mentioned in "Taipei 101" but not in "Building Controversy"?
A.
Buildings are measured from the sidewalk to their structural tops.
B.
Taipei 101's elevators are very fast.
C.
Taipei 101 is made up of 101 floors.
D.
Taipei 101 is the tallest building in the world.

Write 2. using what you have learned about evidence, explanation, quotations, and paraphrase, write your body paragraphs in the space below. muir and wordsworth you will need to include at least one of each of the following: a direct quotation introduced with a complete sentence and a colon a direct quotation introduced with a signaling phrase and a comma a direct quotation that is introduced and explained in one sentence a paraphrased example an embedded quotation locate 3. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate a direct quotation that is introduced with a complete sentence and a colon. copy and paste it here. be sure to include the entire sentence that contains the quotation as well as the explanation sentence(s) that come after it. 4. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate a direct quotation that is introduced with a signaling phrase and a comma. copy and paste it here. be sure to include the entire sentence that contains the quotation as well as the explanation sentence(s) that come after it. 5. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate a direct quotation that is introduced and explained in one sentence. copy and paste it here. 6. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate one paraphrased example and copy and paste it here. 7. within the body paragraphs of your essay, locate one embedded quotation and copy and paste it here. 8. using techniques learned in this lesson, write the conclusion to your essay in the space below. 9. how did you connect your introduction and your conclusion? (did you use a similar technique, repetition of a significant word or phrase, explain. 10. copy and paste the words or sentence that signals closure of your essay. 11. copy and paste the sentences that synthesize your ideas. remember, synthesis combines the main ideas of your essay and comments on the significance of those ideas. 12. copy and paste the sentences that answer the question from the prompt: what conclusion or implications can you draw? (it is ok if you have these sentences as a part of your synthesis or challenge to your audience. include them here as well. it is also ok if these sentences are separate from those two elements.) 13. copy and paste the sentences from your conclusion that challenge your audience to think, feel, or do something.

What does breathless mean in the following sentence? after elizabeth won the race, she was breathless with excitement. a.was about to faint b.was not able to breathe c.was at the finish line d.was not excited

This is a dominant and controlling argument