Ice melted slowly from an icicle left by an automatic sprinkler during the area's record-breaking temperatures January 24. Temperatures as cold as 17 degrees were reported in the area. Many yards were left looking like winter wonderlands when water from yard sprinklers froze. What is the author's purpose in writing this passage? OA. to persuade readers to turn their automatic sprinklers off OB. to entertain the reader with a story about a melting icicle OC. to express an opinion about the recent severe cold spell OD. to inform the reader about the effects of the cold weather​

Which sentence uses all its nominative case pronouns correctly? a we live on the same street b them and rachel are good skaters. c the redskins fans in the family are fred and me d have joanne and him played tennis together before?

What makes the literal, word-for-word translation of the metamorphosis hard to read?

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia