An author claims that "zoos do more good than harm." the author provides the following as support for the claim: i believe zoos are great because they give animals exactly what they need. i have seen caretakers feed animals and give them medicine when they are sick. i have watched zookeepers cuddle baby monkeys and place blankets over cold piglets. they train animals to do tricks, too, so that the animals have fans who love and cheer for them. i am sure this makes the animals happy. which choice best describes the support the author provides? a it is effective support for the claim. b it is ineffective support because it does not prove the claim. c it is ineffective support because it presents opinion rather than fact. d it is ineffective support because it provides no source for the information.

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.