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This text is about homeschooling. The author's purpose is to answer some of the most important questions about homeschooling and explain its main advantages and disadvantages.
In order to achieve his/her objective, the author uses a well-structured organizational pattern which consists of an introductory part, where he/she introduces the topic and reveals his/her main objective: to highlight the pros and cons of homeschooling. In the central part, he mentions some advantages of homeschooling, while in the next passage tries to explain the biggest disadvantages of homeschooling. In the last passage, he mentions other important questions he will try to answer and uses those questions to invite the lecturers to read his book.
Text features and the organizational pattern are efficiently combined in order to help the readers regarding homeschooling, and make them understand both its advantages and disadvantages in a logical, well-structured and professional way. On the other hand, he offers some very important answers that could be considered necessary for all those readers who are searching for answers when it comes to homeschooling.
Eric struggled to follow his client's directive to "retain the original feel of the logo" during the redesign.
Atticus has tried to be patient and understanding with his sister, but in this chapter he almost gives in to anger. He restrains himself, however, and Scout notices his feelings only as a subtle change in his behavior towards Alexandra, a “digging in.” In these ways, Atticus Finch is developed as a character.
For the first question, item D is correct because you'll need to place a comma before and after parenthetical elements: "<span>The beach, which closes after Labor Day, has white sand."
For the second question, item D is correct because commas are only needed for a series of three or more elements; thus, no commas are needed: "</span><span>I bought a beautiful pitcher and eight glasses."
For the third question, there are no commas needed; thus, item A is the correct sentence: "</span><span>The music made me sleepy."
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For the fourth question, item C is the correct response because commas are needed after subordinate clauses that begin a sentence: "</span><span>As the band marched across the field, the crowd cheered."
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For the fifth question, item D is the correct response because in order to keep from having a run-on sentence a comma is always needed before a conjunction that is connecting two complete sentences: "<span>He works long hours, yet he keeps up with his studies."</span>
