Passage Picker:
    1. Page #32, para. 1
        a. 霢n army of 90,000种种种种种种种back into Virginia�
        b. I choose this passage because it showed the horrible things about war.  It said that 90,000 Union soldiers faced 75,000 soldiers of the South for three hot days in the bloodiest battle of the war.  It is important for people to know how awful war can be.
        c. Authors purpose: to inform

    3. Page #42, para. 2-6
        a. 霿e must both be种种种种种种种.in the East Room�
        b. I choose this passage because this was when President Lincoln was actually assassinated.  He was a great man and just because John Wilkes Booth didn韙 agree with his views, he felt he had to kill Lincoln.  The author did a good job at letting the reader know what the mood was during this night.
        c. Author韘 purpose: to describe and inform.