A. We thought we were the only ones on the tour, dozens of people were lined up at the gate. Hope this helps!
Julie is using statistics as her main support.
By researching a bit, she found various types of statistics to help her support her argument that students should read at least 15 minutes a day. Her argument was that those students read for about 36 whole school days, therefore those who don't will read far less.
The answer would be to reinforce important ideas.
Instead of fresh, surprising language, we use terms all our readers can understand, even people who live on the other side of the globe. When we use an unusual term or abbreviation, we define it. We don’t want readers guessing what it means.
Instead of writing in long, flowing speeches, we use short, crisp sentences that have their own short rhythm. We know that the shorter the sentence, the easier it is to understand.
