Text structure is the way an author organizes their writing. When reading literature, a strong reader needs to be able to identify important parts of a story and determine how those parts add to the story. Authors may use one conversation between characters to develop the theme of a story. Strong readers should be able to identify important events in a story and explain how they contribute to the plot. It is important to be able to explain the effect a sentence, conversation, paragraph, or chapter can have on a story. Read the following text:

Zamila hurried home from school just in time to see her mom grabbing her keys and adjusting her scrubs. Her mom kissed her on the cheek and told her there was dinner in the oven and that she wouldn’t be home until very late. Zamila sighed. It was difficult having a mom who was a trauma surgeon since her work hours were so sporadic. Fortunately, it would only be a few more hours until her dad came home from his job at the university. That gave her plenty of time to do her homework and make her lunch for school the next day. Maybe later she and her dad could watch a movie or work on the greenhouse they’d been constructing in the backyard. She was sure she could find something to keep her busy until then.

Use the previous paragraph to answer the following questions.
1) What effect does the third sentence have on the passage?
”Zamila sighed.”

A) The third sentence introduces the conflict in the passage.
B) The third sentence helps the reader understand how Zamila feels about her mother’s job.
C) The third sentence introduces the setting of the passage.
D) The third sentence helps develop the plot of the passage.

Slowly swimming towards recovery, california's sea otter numbers holding steady posted on september 22, 2014 usgs.gov read the following passage: when sea otters want to rest, they wrap a piece of kelp around their body to hold themselves steady among the rolling waves. likewise, california's sea otter numbers are holding steady against the many forces pushing against their population recovery, according to the latest field survey led by federal, state, aquarium, and university scientists. since the 1980s, u.s. geological survey scientists have calculated a population index each year for the southern sea otter—enhydra lutris nereis—a species federally listed as threatened. the annual range-wide field survey collects data on this protected marine mammal on behalf of the u.s. fish and wildlife service. trends in population index reported by usgs for southern sea otters in california. data are shown for independent otters, nonpups, and all otters for mainland california, san nicolas island, and rangewide from 2012 onward. the mainland all otters line increases gradually from 1990 to 2014 from less than 1800 to about 2800. the mainland independents mirror the all otter population curve at slightly lower numbers. the san nicolas island population begins at about 18 in 1992 and climbs to about 65 in 2014. why does the author include the chart in the article? to provide a comparison of changes in the two groups of sea otter populations to provide a depiction of the variety of sea otter populations in the area to provide a list of the groups of ecosystems that were included in the study to provide a visual representation of how sea otter populations have changed

Write a short online blog (no more than 100 words). say how useful you think drama is for the ordinary person.

Is this inappropriate language,”but i’m certainly not the loser my step-father johnnie likes to think i am”? ?