Taylor is researching his town's budget. Read the paragraph from an editorial in the town's newspaper.
Which sentence should Taylor annotate to identi
writer's claim?
sentence 1
O sentence 2
(1) Our town is small, and our budget even smaller. (2)
We have to prioritize the projects upon which we are
spending our tax dollars. (3) Having more attractive
sidewalks would be nice, but certainly they are not a
priority at this time. (4) The town council should cancel
the repaving project and put that money toward more
important needs.
sentence 3
O sentence 4

Which of the number is main idea? plz i need this quick. (1) aside from its enormous population—an estimated 280 million—the lowly cockroach has some amazing characteristics. (2) in the first place, the bug is fast. (3) even the smallest roach can run up to three miles an hour. (4) what’s more, cockroaches can change course as often as twenty-five times in a second, making them the most nimble animals known. (5) roaches are tough to catch. (6) with sense organs located front and back, they can start to flee from predators within 0.054 seconds of detecting potential danger. (7) second, they are ideally adapted to living with people. (8) they eat almost anything and are comfortable anywhere as long as the temperature is above freezing. (9) most species can fit through a crevice no wider than the thickness of a quarter, so any building gives them endless places to rest and breed. (10) and they’re perfect travelers, hitching a ride in pant cuffs or grocery bags. (11) finally, the cockroach has an astonishing capacity for survival. (12) it can hold its breath for nearly forty minutes under water. (13) because its brain is spread throughout its body, the roach can survive for several weeks if its head is removed carefully enough to prevent it from bleeding to death. (14) and because roaches sample food before it enters their mouth, they have learned to avoid foul-tasting poisons. (15) this makes them hard to kill with insecticides.