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it supports the authors purpose by telling the reader how much sugar people have eaten over time to entertain readers with surprising statistics.The authors include details about American and British diets to persuade readers that eating habits now are healthier than they were in the past. and in the passage it says how the English made the sugar trade and how modern diets are unhealthy .
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The answer should be the second sentence: Blowing wildly, the icy winter wind tore my woolen cap from my head, as it makes the most sense.
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The setting is the time and location of a story. (Where and when it takes place).
The first sentence definitely wouldn't improve improve the description in the setting of a story, nor would the last. The third sentence includes the location (basketball game), but does not describe it.
<span>While I was changing my shirt, I d**n near gave my kid sister Phoebe a buzz, though. I certainly felt like talking to her on the phone. Somebody with sense and all. But I couldn't take a chance on giving her a buzz, because she was only a little kid and she wouldn't have been up, let alone anywhere near the phone. I thought of maybe hanging up if my parents answered, but that wouldn't've worked, either. They'd know it was me. My mother always knows it's me. She's psychic. But I certainly wouldn't have minded shooting the cr*p with old Phoebe for a while.</span>
