<u>Answer:</u>
<u>Year-round school will reduce dropout rates. Dropout rates will be reduced because students will be able to take more frequent breaks. Data from the survey show that year-round schools have 3 percent fewer dropouts. With year-round schedules leading to fewer dropouts, schools are more successful.</u>
<u>Explanation:</u>
The given content talks about how year-round schools can reduce dropout rates. To present a logical argument, the paragraph begins with stating this central idea. It then goes on to support its claim with the benefit that year-round schools can provide, which is giving the students the space to take "more frequent breaks". It then goes on to substantiate the claim with statistical data, giving it more credibility by providing an exact figure of "3 percent." To conclude the argument, the paragraph ends on a big picture note stating how the claim can lead to schools in general being more successful by reducing drop out rates.
Answer:
Impression
Explanation:
First-Impression forms a compound adjective. These two words are joined together to modify the same noun.
The purpose of Janelle's rhetorical situation is (D.) to convince others that poor lighting is a danger to kids.
Janelle plans to give a speech at the town hall meeting with the purpose of convincing the city commissioners that the poor lightning at the little league sports complex, which is the place where kids play, poses a real danger. <u>Janelle's speech will be directed at the city commissioners because they are part of the local governing body</u> and; therefore, it is their job to ensure that citizens are safe.<u> City commissioners are the ones that can change the situation by installing better lighting at the little league sports complex. </u>
Answer:
The correct answers are: "to provide details that may be important to the text", "to analyze how successfully a text achieves its purpose", "to offer an opinion or perspective about the text as a whole", and "to discuss important events that caused the author to write the text".
Explanation:
All options apply to the question, but the fourth because it is more common to compare texts in a comparative analysis, which is not the purpose of a prologue. A prologue usually provides a contextualization to the text, whether by biographical notes and facts, whether by sociological background. Moreover, the prologue provides a short analysis of how the text works and the main subjects discussed and how they are approached.
