Read this excerpt from through the looking-glass by lewis carroll. "and when i found the door was locked, i pulled and pushed and kicked and knocked. and when i found the door was shut, i tried to turn the handle, but –” there was a long pause. "is that all? ” alice timidly asked. "that's all,” said humpty dumpty. "good-bye.” which idea does this excerpt support? alice is not very skilled at understanding poetry. the rules of the looking-glass land can be strange. alice finds it hard to communicate in the looking-glass land. humpty dumpty is a nursery-rhyme character.

Which of the following statements is true? a individual productivity is more important than group productivity b sacrifice isn’t necessary to achieve group goals c individual productivity is necessary for group productivity d waste isn’t a problem in reaching group goals

April does not let things interrupt her goals, she just continues on until she gets what she wants. complete, run on or comma splice

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.