Which statement from the excerpt best supports the purpose of writing to entertain? I look forward to summer every year. The day after school got out, my friend had a birthday party. Kids were running all over the place, trying to get each other wet. I will update tomorrow with more tales of summer.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of “to build a fire.” to build the fire he had been forced to remove his mittens, and the fingers had quickly gone numb. his pace of four miles an hour had kept his heart pumping blood to the surface of his body and to all the extremities. but the instant he stopped, the action of the pump eased down. which words from the excerpt provide context clues for the underlined word?