(1) my family has a quaint cottage at a small, private lake. (2) the cottage is about 75 years old, but we try to keep it in good condition. (3) the outside is white with green trim on the windows and shutters. (4) in front of the cottage is a flagstone walk that leads down to a stone patio. (5) the patio itself is right next to the water. (6) out from the patio stretches a dock where we keep a small rowboat tied. (7) every summer, my family sets aside a week when we all get together at the lake for a family vacation/reunion. what purpose do sentences 3 through 6 serve in this paragraph? a. they provide supporting details. b. they introduce the main idea. c. they show cause and effect. d. they set up a comparison.

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these

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What is the author's purpose in both patrick henry's speech and thomas paines common sense