Stormie and the Octopus Old Stormalong was sailing over the deepest part of the ocean when the
anchor was knocked loose and dropped to the bottom of the ocean. It caught on
something and yanked the ship to a stop. Stormie the Brave dove in to untangle
the anchor. Soon Stormie popped up and told his men to haul in the anchor. "An
old octopus was holding the anchor, and I had to arm wrestle him for it," he said.
"Then I tied all his arms and legs in knots."
Answer the questions about the text.
1. How do you know this text is a tall tale?

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.