authors purpose

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What is the author's main purpose?

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to share the beginning of women's basketball

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Which detail suggests that women's basketball grew in popularity? Options: could teach cooperation between the teammates, no men were allowed at the game, started adding women's basketball teams to their schools, intercollegiate women's basketball game was played

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started adding women's basketball teams to their schools

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Which of the following would the author most likely agree? Women's basketball should be an Olympic sport, Women's basketball should not be an Olympic sport, Women's basketball is more popular than men's basketball, Women's basketball was oppressed over the years

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Women's basketball should be an Olympic sport

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What is the author's purpose?

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to inform

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For what reason does the author include the photograph after paragraph 3 of the selection “Tiptoeing Scientists”?

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To emphasize how small the frog is by comparing it to a familiar object.

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In the selection “A Ghostly New Creature,” which idea about the octopod best explains why the author includes the map?

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The ghostly octopod was found near the Hawaiian Islands.

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What information can be inferred from the passage? Eric's mother told him that he had to take out the trash. He put on his coat and mittens and flipped on the porch light and headed out to put the trash bags at the curb.

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It is winter.