Passage Picker:
    1. Page #32, para. 1
        a. ìAn army of 90,000ÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖback into Virginiaî
        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. ìWe must both beÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖ.in the East Roomî
        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 didnít 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. Authorís purpose: to describe and inform.