Mrs. Gibson, the president of the garden club, has written a book called Leaf by Leaf. The book includes close-up photographs of leaves found on local trees. The pictures are very useful in identifying the kind of trees you have in your backyard. What is the author's purpose for writing Leaf by Leaf? A) To sell her photographs of trees. B) To explain how to build a tree house. C) To help readers identify a tree by its leaves. D) To entertain the reader with stories about squirrels.

C

Explanation:

To help readers identify a tree by its leaves. The paragraph states that the photographs in the book are close-ups. So, the reader can see the very small details of each leaf. The reader can compare the leaf's photo to a leaf on the actual tree. Then, the kind of a tree cab be identified.

"for them/ there are/ no borders/ only stars/ moon and sun "

"some can stand/ the cold/ others migrate/ with the sun/ to the south "

some words/ die/ caged—/they're difficult/ to translate

"teach them/ how to fly/ and one day/ they go away/ in flocks ."

Explanation:

The lines presented above reveal four moments in which the author shows that words have power. This is because they have certain abilities, which show that they are powerful elements of humanity, but more powerful than others, but words have the power to fly, transmit, resist, reveal and even hide.