Answer: PARTIAL ANSWER
What is the difference between the theme and the author's purpose?
The theme is the message the author wants the reader to know by reading the work whereas the author's purpose is why they are writing the piece.
Explanation:
How do we start the problem? What is it asking?
They used a railroad car.
I'd say that the answer is Apt. I'm not entirely sure on this one, so you may want another opinion. Hope this helped you :)
Answer:
1. into their covered wagon
2. across the desert
3. ahead of them | to reach the farm
4. on his face
5. with considerable skill
Explanation:
It might be challenging to identify a prepositional phrase when it has some words after it, or when there is a prepositional phrase after it.
For instance, #3 has the phrase “of traveling”, which is part of the bigger phrase “They had days of traveling.” One could end the sentence with “traveling” and that would still be a sentence.
Good luck to you!