Brooks.” dwaina's sisters, stephanie, sixteen, and crystal, nine, already had aprons tied around their waists. dwaina turned on the radio, and they all formed an assembly line and dug in. gail threw chicken into three skillets and got them all going at once. dwaina slapped meat on open slices of bread and covered them with mayo. crystal wrapped sandwiches and stuffed sacks. dwaina looked on proudly as the corner of the kitchen began to fill up with sacks. it looked like a lot of meals. the author’s words evoke a sense of satisfaction. surprise. resentment. confusion.

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Read the passage from sugar changed the world. but there is another story as well. information about sugar spread as human knowledge expanded, as great civilizations and cultures exchanged ideas. in fact, while sugar was the direct cause of the expansion of slavery, the global connections that sugar brought about also fostered the most powerful ideas of human freedom. how do the details in this passage support the authors’ purpose? the details about the expansion of sugar inform readers about how widespread the use of sugar was. the details about human knowledge inform readers about how humans learned about sugar. the details about ideas and global connections persuade readers that sugar’s story has multiple consequences. the details about the spread of information about sugar entertain readers with stories of travel.