Read the chart carefully then answer the questions located beneath: green block organization chart with introduction, hippopotamuses are the most dangerous animals in africa, main fact 1 brackets body paragraph brackets, topic sentence, yellow block, supporting details, jaws can bite with one ton of pressure. teeth are stronger than elephant tusks. runs faster than 30 mph. yellow block main fact 2 brackets body paragraph brackets, hippopotamuses have been known to cause death in many different ways. yellow block, support details, blue block conclusion thesis recap based on the supporting details for main fact 1, which topic sentence would you expect to read? although it is a vegetarian, the hippopotamus can run and catch food easily. the body features of the hippopotamus are a deadly combination. hippopotamuses have been known to cause death in many different ways. i think that the hippopotamus has really cool, interesting, and unusual features.

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.