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What should you do on the first day of school?

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Explain what to do on the first day of school.

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What is the author's purpose? Options: Entertain, Persuade, Inform

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Inform

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What is this selection mainly about? Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind! Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.

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Someday we will have robots that will be our personal servants.

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What is the author’s purpose for writing this selection? It was a dark and spooky night and I was all alone in the old hotel bed. I tried to go to sleep, but I was too scared! My friends had told me too many stories about staying at this hotel, but I wanted to stay here anyways. All of a sudden I heard a rustling sound on the floor. I covered my head with the blanket in fear! Options: Persuade, Entertain, Inform

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Entertain

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Share a story about a special pig.

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What is the author's purpose in the passage: "Basketball is the best sport ever. You should play it every chance you get. You should also watch it on tv. Basketball is the only sport that matters."? Options: Entertain, Persuade, Inform.

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Persuade

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What is the author's purpose if they want you to vote for a certain person? Options: Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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Persuade

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The author most likely wrote the selection to -
Several scientists from NASA, the national space agency, visited a local manufacturing plant yesterday to investigate the possibility of producing a new type of plastic originally developed for space travel. The new plastic is cheaper to produce and more durable than traditional plastics. Scientists expect it will be especially valuable in manufacturing automobiles.

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inform the reader about a new type of plastic.

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What does the passage about Kimberly's greenhouse describe?

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Describe what Kimberly's greenhouse looked like.

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If the author wants you to vote for a certain person, what is their purpose?

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Persuade