Author’s Purpose and Viewpoint in The Dark Game, Part 3 Answers

Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.Tension between the two sides escalated until June 1948, when the Soviets blocked all western access to the capital. In this first real crisis of the Cold War, the West was not going to be denied by the Soviets.

What sentence has a critical tone?

Read the excerpt about Elizabeth Van Lew from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.No one in Libby Prison hospital paid much attention to this tiny, birdlike woman with a thin nose and alert blue eyes as she went about her business of visiting the hospitalized soldiers. She read to them and brought them baskets of goodies. The Confederate guards had no idea that this kindhearted woman was gathering military intelligence from the prisoners and laying the groundwork for espionage activities.

Which sentence has an optimistic tone?

Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.Armed with invisible ink, a cipher system, and a passion to end the war and preserve the Union, Elizabeth Van Lew became Butler’s eyes and ears in the Confederate capital city. Truth be told, however, she became much more than that. She became a spymaster, the person responsible for running a network of agents, couriers, and safe houses that was very active during the war.

Read the passage.The county’s "Technology 2020” initiative proposes that the school district provide laptops for every student in grades 9-12. This would cost millions of dollars in planning, implementation, and maintenance. Taxpayers may wonder whether this expensive proposal is a practical solution. It is better than practical, and it is an innovative approach with the potential to enhance students’ educational experience.

Which statements about the controlling idea of a text are true? Select 4 options.It includes the topic of the text.It includes quotes from experts.It includes the author’s viewpoint.It is usually stated in the text’s introduction.It is the underlying message of the text.It is comparable to the theme (for a work of fiction).

Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.One week later, news of the Zimmermann telegram was splashed across the front page of American newspapers. On April 6, 1917, the Congress of the United States declared war on Germany and its allies.

Read the paragraph about community service.Across the nation, high school students are loading their schedules with rigorous academic courses. Countless hours are being spent conjugating verbs, measuring angles, and memorizing historical facts in attempt to develop their young minds. But what about character? Kids need to look up from their textbooks and consider their communities. Kids who are in service to their neighbors and communities will emerge from high school better prepared than their academic peers. They will not only be prepared for classrooms, but for the life around it.

Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.[T]he Germans committed some blunders in the way they sent their secret radio messages, giving the British help in their task. The first mistake of German intelligence was the error of arrogance, believing that the British were not up to the challenge of deciphering their messages. Another mistake they made was sending duplicates and even triplicates of some of their messages, with each one using a different cipher key.