Read this sentence from the Newsela article "Dying of Hunger: What Is a Famine?" These changes [from prolonged periods without f
ood] affect the brain and other important organs. How does this sentence help develop a key concept in "Dying of Hunger"? It implies that dying of hunger is a problem that the world ought to be able to solve. It establishes that only a special diet can reverse the effects of long-term hunger. It implies it is possible to recover from the long-term effects of famine. It explains why so many lives are lost in times of famine.