Albino tiger are becoming extinct because of illegal hunting.

Since racing is a high-risk sport due to crashes and fires, all clothing worn for racing must be fire-retardant, even undergarments! A fire-retardant material called Nomex is used to make almost all of a race car driver's gear.

Apples and oranges are similar because they are both fruits.

Both Friday and Saturday are great days because they are part of the weekend, but on Friday you still have to spend part of the day at school and on Saturday you can do whatever you want all day long.

issue, since, should, therefore, fix are signal words for this text structure.

Folklorists, experts who study stories and legends, argue constantly about the origin of urban legends.

The writing is set up as a starting date and an ending date. Events happen is order.

When it becomes too cold, the food too scarce and the days too short, many birds in the northern hemisphere begin to migrate, or move, south for the winter.

Jack and Jill ran up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.

The writing gives the event and then what happened because of the event.

To properly read an article you first should read for the gist and annotate then go back and reread closer to answer questions. Finally, you should reread to check your answers.

When the Marshall Islands had a drought there was not enough water so Ms. O'Neill had to use ground water from a well to do her laundry and have bottled water be boated in for drinking water.