What information is given about the mother in the exposition of "the leap"? a. the narrator's mother and father met in the hospital after the circus accident b. the mother was in a blindfold trapeze act for a circus until her partner died in a tragic accident. c. the mother started a house fire due to the trauma she faced in the circus accident. d. the narrator's mother leapt into a burning house to save her daughter

How does the author's purpose affect his or her text structure

The war of the worlds by h. g. wells but, looking, i presently saw something stirring within the then something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle and wriggled in the air toward me – and then another the war of the worlds (radio broadcast) by orson welles good heavens, something's wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. now it's another one, and another. they look like tentacles to me. which sentence best describes the tone of the passage from the book compared to the passage from the radio broadcast? a. the book has a more matter-of-fact tone, b. the book has an angrier tone. c. the book has a scarier tone. d. the book has a more surprised tone.

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