This is a subjective question, so there are certainly no "right" answers. Here are some close-examination strategies:
- Read the text through quickly, and then re-read more slowly until you feel that you understand what the text's purpose is and how each sentence contributes to a greater understanding.
- Highlight key words or phrases that show what the text's theme/topic/focus is.
- Examine the way information is presented. Is it scholarly, humorous, uncertain, etc?
- Is the text part of a larger work? If so, why is this excerpt significant? If not, then why is it meaningful standing alone?
- Research the author/person who created the text. Find out what drove them to write it or what they were trying to do.
- Is there a specific audience that the text is intended for? This relates to prior questions, but you could go deeper as well and look at how the text makes you feel, or whether you have learned a new way of thinking about something.
You can learn a lot by examining a text from different perspectives, including the typical characteristics of-- who, what, when, where, why, how?
B. Person "A" said they were going to have a test.
Answer: 1
Explanation: The median is just the middle of a dataset, so the median of 67, 70, 70, 72, 78 (sorted from least to greatest) is 70.
if we add 85, and the dataset becomes 67, 70, 70, 72, 78, 85, then the middle is now halfway between 70 and 72, meaning the median is now 71.
Answer:
In to kill a mockingbird, the author characterize the crowd of community members who attend the trial as interested, excitable spectators, hoping to witness the drama unfold before their eyes.
