Read the passage. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was written by Samuel Clemens who wrote under the name, Mark Twain. When Twain was a boy in school in
the 1840s, he always earned the medal for winning the weekly spelling bee. Once, he left out the first "r" in February so that a girl he liked would
win. This and other stories became the basis for many of the delightful tales in Twain's writings. He went on to become one of the most famous
American writers of all time.
How does the author use the story about the spelling bee to introduce Mark Twain in the passage?
01. The story shows that Twain went on to become a famous writer.
02. The story details how the spelling bee Inspired Twain to become a writer.
O 3. The story emphasizes the time period of the stories Twain wrote later in his life.
04. The story illustrates how Twain used his past experiences to create interesting stories.

Instructions: the following argument argues for advertising to children. read the argument and answer the question that follows: topic and question advertising: should companies be allowed to advertise to children? ineffective argument i think that advertising to children is necessary. how else will we know what we can buy? i think that children are not aware of the products that are available. most children don’t own cars and can’t drive to stores to look around. the only way we know what we can buy is by seeing advertisements on tv. my friend really likes advertisements, too. he said, "how will we know what to buy if we don’t see advertisements? " seriously, children are consumers, too. we know what we like and we ask our parents to buy these products for us. i know that i like certain cereals, but how would i know that if i did not see advertisements? i love those commercials! kids are people, too. why is the argument ineffective? in a paragraph of 7–10 complete sentences, explain why the following parts of the argument are ineffective, and how they can be improved: claim support conclusion clincher point of view transitions