Which of the following statements describes a functional text? a)it provides a first-person account of a personal experience. b)the primary purpose is to provide information to perform a task. c)the primary purpose is to construct a logical argument. d)the author's feelings are more prominent than are facts. e)it presents facts, principles, theories, and reasoning related to a subject.

Emily is reading her friend's story. it uses transition words like and emily can tell that this story's organization is a) sequence of events b) cause and effect c) compare and contrast d) question and answer

Match each persuasive technique with the excerpt that uses it. expert opinion association emotional appeal scientific data compared to the yearly average of 6.5 million square kilometers between 1979 and 2010 for september, the arctic sea ice shrank below 4 million square kilometers in september 2012, which is lower than any minimum value observed in the last three decades. (european environmental agency, “the melting arctic") arrowright according to morten olsen, chair of a recent arctic council assessment of changes on arctic snow-and ice-conditions, "changes in the climate and cryosphere risk fundamentally altering the arctic ecosystems." (european environmental agency, “the melting arctic") arrowright sip a cup of turbo brown to taste the liberating power of flying through your day's work like a cruising jet. arrowright if we don't step up our efforts, the melodious songs of these beautiful birds might be silenced forever. arrowright

An old patched hat,which was almond terim-red, watched as it sat on an old , thin head.which kind of figurative language is found in line 1-2? a. metonymyb. oxymoronc. personificationd. simile