Use the paragraph to answer the question.
Think about the last time you ordered a drink from a restaurant. Did you use a straw or drink directly from the cup? It is common for people to use a plastic straw to drink at restaurants or at home, but these straws end up in our oceans, polluting the waters and endangering marine life. Americans alone use 500 million straws each day, which is enough to wrap around Earth 2.5 times. Luckily, there are small changes people can make in their daily lives to reduce that number.
Which type of text would this paragraph best introduce?
(1 point)
• an informative text about how people can use less plastic
• a persuasive essay that tries to convince people to clean up pollution
• a persuasive essay that tries to convince people to recycle
• an informative text about how plastic is made
13 answers
• the main idea
• an outline of the important ideas
• a summary of important ideas
• an instruction for the reader to do something
• how-to
• cause and effect
• compare and contrast
• sequence
• a photograph of a farm where many different crops are grown
• a chart showing the number of acres dedicated to growing different crops
• a map showing where different crops are grown
• a diagram explaining which crops grow best in each region
• a video showing how birds use a bird feeder
• a photograph showing a completed bird feeder
• a chart showing the materials needed to build the bird feeder
• a flowchart showing each part of the process for building a bird feeder
• Recreation centers provide a place for communities to gather.
• Quality recreation centers are at the heart of strong, thriving communities.
• Many recreational centers do not have enough support to meet the needs of their communities.
• Some communities have local businesses help fund and develop their recreation centers.
O restate minor points
O introduce new information
O reinforce the main idea
O explain the purpose for writing