What purpose do sentences 3 through 6 serve in this paragraph?

(1) my family has a quaint cottage at a small, private lake. (2) the cottage is about 75 years old, but we try to keep it in good condition. (3) the outside is white with green trim on the windows and shutters. (4) in front of the cottage is a flagstone walk that leads down to a stone patio. (5) the patio itself is right next to the water. (6) out from the patio stretches a dock where we keep a small rowboat tied. (7) every summer, my family sets aside a week when we all get together at the lake for a family vacation/reunion.

a. they set up a comparison.
b. they show cause and effect.
c. they provide supporting details.
d. they introduce the main idea.

Select the correct text in the passage which three sentences in this excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "day of infamy speech make an emotional appeal by suggesting that innocence was betrayed by certain enemies? japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the pacific area. the facts of yesterday speak for themselves people of the united states have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation as commander-in-chief of the army and navy, i have directed that all measures be taken for our defense always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. no matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated in american people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory i believe i interpret the will of the congress and of the people when i assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again. hostilities exist. there is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger. with confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so us gou i ask that the congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by japan on sunday, december seventh 1941, a state of existed between the united states and the japanese empire. reset next tum all rights reserved

Match the term to the purpose it has. 1. but 2. furthermore 3. meanwhile 4. in the distance 5. first 6. therefore 7. in other words 8. for instance a. show space relation b. introduce an illustration c. repetition of an idea d. take away, limit, or oppose e. show a consequence f. indicate order g. show time relation h. add ideas

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.