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Compare two short accounts of one topic to find which evidence each author emphasizes and which interpretation each advances.
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Text 1: "The library's later hours cost the town $40,000 a year." Text 2: "The later hours drew 900 extra visits in May." How does the evidence each author emphasizes differ?
Text 1: "Attendance rose 4% after the later start; students finally sleep enough." Text 2: "Attendance rose 4% after the later start, the same year a new bus route opened." How do their interpretations differ?
Text 1: "Repairs closed Miller Bridge for six weeks and cost the county $2 million." Text 2: "Repairs closed Miller Bridge for six weeks; drivers added nine minutes to every trip." What does Text 2 include that Text 1 leaves out?
Text 1: "Forty families rent plots at the Elmwood garden, and twenty more are waiting." Text 2: "The Elmwood garden gave 1,300 pounds of produce to the food pantry last season." Which evidence does each author emphasize?
Text 1: "Cafeteria trash fell a third after the new bins arrived. Students took the lesson to heart." Text 2: "Trash fell a third after the bins arrived, though the cafeteria also stopped using trays." How do the interpretations differ?
Text 1: "Since the bike lane opened, crashes on Third Street fell from nine a year to two." Text 2: "Since the bike lane opened, Third Street lost fourteen parking spaces shopkeepers used." What makes the two accounts differ?
Text 1: "The band's festival trip cost $8,000, raised entirely by car washes and bake sales." Text 2: "At the festival the band earned a superior rating, its first in eleven years." What does Text 1 leave out that Text 2 supplies?
Text 1: "Pool visits fell 15% after the work, proof the higher entry fee drove families off." Text 2: "Pool visits fell 15% after the work, in a summer with rain on nineteen weekends." How do the authors read the same 15% drop?
Text 1: "The city planted 500 maples downtown; shade now covers two blocks of Main Street." Text 2: "The city planted 500 maples downtown; sixty have already died from road salt." How does each author's emphasis differ?
Text 1: "The museum's new wing holds 40 works and opened three years behind schedule." Text 2: "The museum's new wing holds 40 works, and school visits have doubled since it opened." What does Text 2 add that Text 1 does not?
Text 1: "Vendor sales rose after the market moved to the square; the location clearly suits shoppers." Text 2: "Sales rose after the market moved to the square, where a free concert plays each Saturday." How do the interpretations differ?
Text 1: "Since the menu changed, 62% of students say they like lunch, up from 41%." Text 2: "Since the menu changed, the kitchen throws out thirty fewer pounds of food a day." Which evidence does each author emphasize?
Text 1: "Volunteers pulled three tons of trash from Brady Creek, working from dawn to dusk." Text 2: "Volunteers pulled three tons from Brady Creek, a stretch cleaned twice before since 2019." What does Text 2 supply that Text 1 does not?
Text 1: "Drivers now stop for walkers at the new Oak Street crosswalk eight times out of ten." Text 2: "The Oak Street crosswalk added $12,000 to the road project and took five months." How do the two presentations differ?
Text 1: "Robotics club membership tripled this year, a sign the new coach is reaching students." Text 2: "Robotics club membership tripled this year, when the club first began meeting at lunch." How do their interpretations differ?
Text 1: "Fourteen inches fell overnight, and the district canceled classes for the first time since 2021." Text 2: "Fourteen inches fell overnight; plows cleared every bus route by six in the morning." What does Text 1 include that Text 2 leaves out?
Text 1: "The new field lights let three more teams practice each week through November." Text 2: "The new field lights raised the district's electric bill by $700 a month." Which evidence does each author emphasize?
Text 1: "Riders on Route 6 fell by half after the change; the new stops sit too far apart." Text 2: "Riders on Route 6 fell by half after the change, the month the mill's night shift ended." How do the interpretations differ?
Text 1: "The book fair raised $2,100, most of it on the first afternoon." Text 2: "The book fair raised $2,100, and every sixth grader chose a free book from the leftovers." Which detail appears in only one of the two accounts?
Text 1: "Water use fell 12% in July after the sprinkler rule; residents rallied to save the reservoir." Text 2: "Water use fell 12% in July after the sprinkler rule, in the wettest July the town has recorded." Which interpretation separates them?
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