Which of the following are purposes of humor in Kingsolver's essay? Select all that apply. to make a serious point about peer pressure and individuality easier to accept
to relate more easily to the audience
to persuade us to protest fashion
to poke fun at fashion in a nonthreatening way

To improve your understanding of an informational text, the question you should ask yourself as you read is: do i agree with what the author says in this text? who assigned me to read this text? what details in the text are unclear to me? what other texts has this author written?

Which options most accurately explain how the author of the war of the worlds uses the crash landing of the spaceship to introduce ogilvy's character? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsogilvy goes to the site of the crash and is immediately certain that it has been caused by aliens. because of this, he immediately gets the townspeople together to fight. his actions characterize him as brave. ogilvy tries to those inside the cylinder. his actions characterize him as compassionate. ogilvy goes to the site of the crash to explore the area the morning after seeing the shooting star. once there, he examines the cylinder. his actions characterize him as curious. ogilvy runs to the nearest town to get away from the cylinder. his actions characterize him as cowardly.

Why does the narrator of the war of the worlds use such precise and scientific language? o a. to make the reader question the narrator's intelligence o o b. to establish the story's credibility o c. to explain the story from the martians' point of view o d. to show that the narrator is an average person