Read an excerpt from the blog entry "Highlights of Summer-Day 1."
Which statement from the excerpt best supports the
purpose of writing to entertain?
July 18, 2012
O I look forward to summer every year.
The day after school got out, my friend had a birthday
party
Kids were running all over the place, trying to get
each other wet.
I will update tomorrow with more tales of summer.
I look forward to summer every year. The day after
school got out, my friend had a birthday party. After
meeting at her house, we broke into teams and had a
water balloon fight! Kids were running all over the
place, trying to get each other wet. I somehow
stayed dry, but my friend Lee got soaking wet! My
other friend, Kiara, hid under a bush and sneak-
attacked people as they ran by. We had so much
fun! Anyway, that's it for now. I will update
tomorrow with more tales of summer.

Imagine if going to work every day meant your life thats the reality that meat packers in this county face with some of the highest rates of injury and death of any profession i myself worked at such a facility for two years and can resport on the unsafe conditions firsthand

Define the following word using the meaning of the suffix. use your dictionary if you are uncertain of the definition. argument a. full of disagreement b. act of disagreement c. state of disagreement d. quality of disagreement

Read the passage. excerpt from "why equal pay is worth fighting for" by senator elizabeth warren, april 17, 2014 i honestly can't believe that we're still arguing over equal pay in 2014. when i started teaching elementary school after college, the public school district didn't hide the fact that it had two pay scales: one for men and one for women. women have made incredible strides since then. but 40 years later, we're still debating equal pay for equal work. women today still earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, and they're taking a hit in nearly every occupation. bloomberg analyzed census data and found that median earnings for women were lower than those for men in 264 of 265 major occupation categories. in 99.6 percent of occupations, men get paid more than women. that's not an accident; that's discrimination. the effects of this discrimination are real, and they are long lasting. today, more young women go to college than men, but unequal pay makes it harder for them to pay back student loans. pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women. . for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by, and many families depend as much on mom's salary as they do on dad's, if not more. women are the main breadwinners, or joint breadwinners, in two-thirds of the families across the country, and pay discrimination makes it that much harder for these families to stay afloat. women are ready to fight back against pay discrimination, but it's not easy. today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes. here in the senate, sen. barbara mikulski (d-md.) introduced the paycheck fairness act to give women the tools to combat wage discrimination. it would ensure that salary differences have something to do with the actual job that they are doing, and not just because they are women. senator warren states that the effects of pay discrimination are long-lasting. is this a valid argument supported by accurate evidence? no; warren weakens her point by claiming that the paycheck fairness act would "give women the tools to combat wage discrimination." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women." no; warren weakens her point by noting, "today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes."