The central idea of the paragraph is the Pilgrims' spiritual legacy. They encountered many hardships and misfortunes on their way to the New World. They were beaten by harsh weather, fought by wild beasts and the Native Americans. All of those temptations were cast on them by God. They risked everything and, with His help, succeeded in founding what they saw as the new Zion. The point of the paragraph is, therefore, the celebration of their great venture, which was to change the world forever.
John has been on the couch all afternoon; he needs to go outside for a bit.
The authors purpose for writing this was to discuss of the different Apollo programs, the type of missions they had and what they did.
The author emphasizes on what the Apollo missions were about and how long they were. The author emphasized on these details to show that the moon landing came in steps and didn’t just happen on the first day.
The methods the author used was dates and they helped by showing us how long the missions took.
The authors point of view is in third person, this point of view affects the meaning of the text by showing that the author did not have first hand experience about the Apollo missions. This makes the text more informative as for the author to know these exact details they would need to do extension research.
<span>The phrase greet them gladly, given them welcome" is an example of
</span><span>c. onomatopoeia</span>
