Performance Task "Inventor Martha Coston" focuses on Martha Coston's night signal invention. The author
claims that it was Coston's "desire to provide for her family and her determination to
succeed [that] made the Coston night signals a great success. Write an essay analyzing
how the author develops and supports the claim. Use evidence from the text to support
your response.
Your writing will be scored based on the development of ideas, organization of writing,
and language conventions of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
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Plz asap read this sentence from paragraph 3 of the article. the boys and girls are merely asked to obtain the signatures of ten friends or relatives. how does the word "merely" affect the meaning of the sentence? a- it suggests that asking people to subscribe to the washington times is something negative. b- it implies that obtaining ten signatures is not a requirement for receiving a prize. c- it downplays the fact that to win the prize, children must ask people to subscribe to the washington times. d- it emphasizes that children receive the prize only if they obtain ten signatures.