Article: "Ashford is the driest town on the coast." A table of yearly rainfall runs beside it. What does the table do to that sentence?

Text: "The mill shut its doors after the flood." A timeline runs beside the text. What does the timeline complicate?

Text: "'I'm fine,' Rosa said, folding the letter into a small hard square." In the filmed version the camera holds on her hands folding the letter and never shows her face. What does that camera choice add?

Report: "Bus ridership fell sharply after the fare rise on April 1." A bar graph of monthly riders runs beside it. What does the graph do to the word "sharply"?

Text: "The door swung open and Marcus saw the empty kitchen." In the filmed version, low strings begin four seconds before the door opens. What does the music add?

Article: "Weft and Hollam traded with each other every day." A map runs beside it. What does the map add?

Text: "Most Redhill students walk to school." An infographic beside it gives the share arriving each way. What does the infographic complicate?

Article: "The mayor promised repairs would begin soon." A transcript of her remarks reads: "We will begin repairs soon, and by soon I mean after the budget vote in November." What does the transcript add?

Article: "The new filter removes far more lead than the old one." A table beside it compares the two filters. What does the table add?

Text: "Water leaving the plant is tested before it reaches homes." A flowchart runs beside it. What does the flowchart add?

Script: "ELENA: You can all go home now. (The others do not move.)" In the staged version the lights drop to a single lamp on Elena as she speaks. What does the lighting add?

A printed speech reads: "We will not wait another winter." In a recording of the speech being delivered, the line is met by a roaring crowd, and the speaker waits eleven seconds before going on. What does that add?

Text: "Since 2015 the lake has lost water every single year." A line graph beside it plots the lake's depth. What can the graph NOT confirm?

Text: "Ferry crossings ended in 1962." A timeline runs beside it. True or false: the timeline places the bridge's opening after the last ferry crossing.

Article: "The town picked Vale Paving because its bid was cheapest." A table of the three bids runs beside it. What does the table add?

Text: "He said he was sorry, and then he laughed." In the staged version the actor stops for a full four seconds where the comma sits. What does that pause add?

Article: "The 1908 schoolroom held forty children." A photograph's caption beside the article reports that the room's one stove stood at the front and the back row sat beside an uncurtained window. What does that add?

Text: "Warm air rises, which is why an attic gets hottest." In a classroom demonstration, a thin stream of smoke released at floor level drifts up to the ceiling within seconds. What does the demonstration add?

Article: "The bike lane made Third Street safer." A chart beside it gives crashes on Third Street by year. The lane opened in 2023. What does the chart NOT settle?

Text: "Riverton recycles more than any nearby town." A table beside the article gives recycling rates. What does the table do?

Article: "Most of the town budget goes to schools." A pie chart of the budget runs beside it. What does the pie chart do to the word "most"?

Manual: "Coolant flows from the engine block to the radiator." A diagram beside it traces the whole loop. What does the diagram add?

A podcast transcript: "HOST: Reading scores rose. GUEST: They rose at the two schools that added tutoring, and fell at the other four." What main idea does the transcript present?

Article: "Students at Palmer prefer the later start time." A table beside it reports the survey. Palmer enrolls 840 students. What does the table do to the claim?

Report: "Solar has supplied more county power than wind since 2019." A line graph gives each source's share. What does the graph do?

A documentary about a 1936 dust storm narrates the same words the article prints, while its footage follows one farm family loading a truck. What does the footage add that the article's words do not?

Article: "The trail to the summit is an easy afternoon walk." A profile diagram beside it plots the trail's height against its length. What does the diagram do to "easy"?

Article: "Fewer than one home in ten here uses well water." A table beside it gives the figures, with a note crediting their source. What does the table add to the sentence?

Text: "Bottles that fail inspection are thrown away." A flowchart of the bottling line runs beside it. What does the flowchart do?

Article: "Marbury has the worse stray-dog problem." A table beside it gives each town's strays and population. What does the table do to the claim?

In a class presentation the speaker says, "Our recycling program is working." Her slide gives the tons recycled each year. What do the slide's numbers do to her spoken claim?

Ad text: "Our cereal is the healthy choice." A table beside it lists the sugar in each serving. What does the table do to the ad's claim?

Text: "Rain fell in Marlow every month last year." A table beside it gives rainfall for five of those months. True or false: the table contradicts that sentence.

Text: "It took the crew three weeks to clear the road." The filmed version shows the work as a six-second run of quick shots. What does that editing choice add?

Report: "Attendance at the county fair has doubled." A bar graph beside it gives attendance by year. What does the graph do to the report's sentence?

A panel transcript: "REYES: The river is cleaner; the fish are back. OKAFOR: The fish returned after the hatchery restocked the river in 2022." What does Okafor add to Reyes's point?

A bar chart gives one town's water use for each of ten years. A separate table gives that town's population for the same years. Read together, what can the two displays show that neither shows alone?

Article: "The storm hit the coast first." A timeline beside it marks the radar sweeps over Hale, thirty miles inland, and Dunmar on the coast. What does the timeline do?

A news clip transcript: "Three of the five bakeries on Main closed this year. The two still open report longer lines and higher flour costs." What main idea do those details support?

Text: "The library is busiest on Saturdays." A table beside it gives visits by day. What does the table do to the sentence?