Read the excerpt from "the dream comes true."

each short stop we kept going, twisting always higher along the ridge between the cornices and the precipices. and at least we came to what might be the last big obstacle below the top. this was a cliff of rock rising straight up out of the ridge and blocking it off, and we had already known about it from aerial photographs and from seeing it through

what is the author's purpose in this excerpt?

question 8 options:

to warn readers about the dangers of undertaking that kind of climb

to provide information about the features of the last obstacle

to convey a sense of awe about the beauty of the surroundings

to give an opinion about whether the summit could be reached

After reading this excerpt, darren makes a text-to-text connection. which example is a text-to-text connection?

Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which choice best describes the purpose of this text? to persuade readers to oppose the censorship of literature to inform readers about censorship in a specific country to entertain readers with stories about censorship to motivate readers to speak out against censorship mark this and return

How do the authors differ in the way they present the war in "facing it" and "ambush"?