Passage Picker:
 
1. Page #20, Paragraph 2
        a. ìThe three-monthÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖ.-not his muscles.î
        b. I choose this passage because it showed when Abe decided that he wanted to work with his mind and do something     better for himself and the people he knew.
        c. Authorís purpose: to inform

    2. Page #27, paragraph 1
        a. ì Abe read lawÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖ..capital of his state.î
        b. I choose this passage because it showed all the things Abe did for his state when he was still young.  He even helped get Springfield the capital of Illinois.
        c. Authorís purpose: to inform