Jimena liked her project. She spent hours reading about China. She had gone to the Asian market and bought chopsticks. She had cut beautiful pictures out of magazines. Her information was ready to be presented. But her stomach ached and she wished her mother had let her stay home. As Mr. Cropp called her name, she took a deep breath. She walked in front of the class. It was now time to face her fear of speaking in front of people.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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i would say a because the main idea is what the author is the point the author is trying to get across.