Last night i attended the varsity baseball game. as usual, the players stomped the other team, pushing their winning streak up to ten games. however, our stands were only half full. when football season comes around, everyone makes it to the games. the basketball team also plays to a packed gymnasium. but for some reason, the baseball team never receives this support. we owe it to these baseball players to go to their games. they practice hard, and their hard work shines through. kyle rodder’s pitching has been amazing. some of the plays that marcus garrett makes at shortstop do not seem humanly possible. and rod folley regularly sends the ball out to the parking lot. so gather some of your friends, and come out to the ballpark. the only downside is that your throat may hurt from all of the cheering that you will do! this passage is an example of writing. chronological humorous persuasive expository

Postreading strategies are used before reading a text. when reading for specific information. when reading for general meaning. after reading a text.

Read the excerpt from cristina garcia’s dreaming in cuban. i don’t really want to talk about my father but i end up telling minnie how he used to take me horseback riding on our ranch, strapping me in his saddle with a leather seat belt he designed just for me. dad’s family owned casinos in cuba, and had one of the largest ranches on the island. there were beef cattle and dairy cows, horses, pigs, goats, and lambs. dad fed them molasses to fatten them, and gave the chickens corn and sorghum until they laid vermilion eggs, rich with vitamins. he took me on an overnight inspection once. we camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices. my father knew i understood more than i could say. he told me stories about cuba after columbus came. he said that the spaniards wiped out more indians with smallpox than with muskets. how does the structure of the excerpt add meaning to the passage? it includes historical information about the spaniards and indians to indicate the work is nonfiction. it describes the setting of the ranch owned by pilar’s cuban grandparents to explain family values. it uses several narrators to share their points of view about past and present life in cuba. it manipulates the chronological order of events to reveal the close relationship between pilar and her father.

What were the strengths used to persuade the audience in the speech “i have a dream” i really need on this one. i also posted a few more. can someone ?