I fell in love with the minister’s son the winter I turned fourteen. When I found out that my parents had invited the minister’s family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried.
My relatives licked the ends of their chopsticks and reached across the table, dipping them into the dozen or so plates of food.
For Christmas Eve that year, she had chosen all my favorite foods.

In the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent “annoying but tolerable.” if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: the cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? the excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim