Thesis Statement:
Our local waterways are severely polluted, and actions must be taken to reduce the runoff that contributes to this pollution.

Which of the following is the best example of a topic sentence for an essay with this thesis?


1) Rain gardens are particularly useful near solid surfaces such as parking lots.

2) Rain gardens are located in 30 percent of the residential parkways in Allentown, Ill.

3) Rain gardens include plants and materials that help absorb water into the ground before it is washed into sewers.

4) Rain gardens are a natural way to reduce storm water runoff that pollutes local waterways

Answer:

4

Explanation:

you're starting off the paragraph that connects to the thesis, connecting that it reduces storm water runoff to how actions must be taken to reduce it. 1 is just a statement that to put it somewhere solid, 2 is a too specific fact, and 3 is the explantation. you would want 3 farther in on your paragraph rather than your opener.

According to "The Last Wave" and "The Barrier Islands of Georgia’s Coastal Plain," why might the Barrier Islands be called the Golden Islands? Use details from BOTH passages to support your answer.

Read the following excerpt from Romeo and Juliet. In a response of four to six sentences, identify the cultural practices and language that illustrate the play's historical context. How does the historical context depicted in this excerpt compare with our world today? Use proper spelling and grammar.

CAPULET
But Montague is bound as well as I,
In penalty alike; and 'tis not hard, I think,
For men so old as we to keep the peace.

PARIS
Of honourable reckoning are you both;
And pity 'tis you lived at odds so long.
But now, my lord, what say you to my suit?

CAPULET
But saying o'er what I have said before:
My child is yet a stranger in the world;
She hath not seen the change of fourteen years,
Let two more summers wither in their pride,
Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.

PARIS
Younger than she are happy mothers made.


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What effect does Mathilde's borrowing the necklace have on the plot of "The Necklace"?

would it be D?

in this dialogue what do the stage directions suggest about cecilia?

Which word is a synonym of inherent?

My class is doing a court case on Tell-tale Heart. I need 15 questions for people in the room. Please read the tell-tale heart then think of questions that could help me win my case against the narrator.
I need 7 questions for the narrator
5 questions for the cops
and 3 questions for the neighbor

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Renee is filming a scene in which the main character, who is afraid of heights, needs to climb a tree to rescue his cat—but then panics when he realizes how enormous the tree is. In the short story on which the scene is based, the character expresses his fear by speaking to his cat, but Renee has decided to film the scene with no dialogue.

What film technique could Renee use to convey the character’s fear and to create drama?

A
bright lighting

B
a low camera angle

C
a cool color scheme

D
an eye-level camera angle

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In "The Necklace," Madame Loisel discovers, after working for ten years to pay off the expensive necklace she borrowed and lost, that the necklace was a fake (worth no more than 500 francs). This discovery is an example of which type of irony?

verbal

situational

dramatic

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1. In "Golden Days," what is the meaning of the phrase, the hills are glad with heather?

The hills make the speaker feel cheerful.

The speaker enjoys the hills more in summer than winter.

One can find plants on the hills.

Flowers are blooming on the hills.
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Which answer is the best revision of the inappropriate shift in verb tense?

Dorothy takes a needle and thread, and as quickly as Oz cut the strips of silk into the proper shape, she sewed them neatly together.


Dorothy takes a needle and thread, and as quickly as Oz cuts the strips of silk into the proper shape, she sewed them neatly together.

Dorothy takes a needle and thread, and as quickly as Oz cut the strips of silk into the proper shape, she sews them neatly together.

Dorothy took a needle and thread and as quickly as Oz cut the strips of silk into the proper shape, she sewed them neatly together.

Dorothy took a needle and thread, and as quickly as Oz cuts the strips of silk into the proper shape, she sews them neatly together.

Select one word that describes how the narrator feels and one word that describes how the creature feels. Then select one quotation that provides evidence for each description. Drag and drop the answers into the correct boxes. "They all withdrew a pace or so and bowed."

( support )
"A flow of disappointment rushed across my mind."
"So I shook my head, and, pointing to my ears, shook it again."
"Then I felt other soft little tentacles upon my back and shoulders."
"He came straight up to me and laughed into my eyes."

( feelings )
terrified
amused
saddened
unconcerned
weary

( catagories )
Narrator's feelings
Support for Narrator's feelings
Creature's feelings
Support for Creature's feelings

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Which word is a synonym of disperse?

In the “lone dog.” The speaker uses word choice to develop its point of view.


Which lines from the poem convey a love of freedom?


Select two answer that are correct answers


1. “I love to sit and bay the moon, to keep fat souls from sleep.”

2. “But shut door ,and sharp stone ,and cuff ,and kick , and hate.”

3. “I’m a rough ,dog a tough dog , hunting on my own;”

4. “Wide wind , and wild Stars , and the hunger of the quest!”


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What did Aaron Douglas contribute to The Harlem Renaissance?

What did Duke Ellington contribute to The Harlem Renaissance?

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which version best uses a variety of sentence structures to enhance the flow and writting style of a story?

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Which word is a synonym of disperse?

What did Langston Hughes Contribute to The Harlem Renaissance?

Read the passage about the life of Clara Barton.


Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821, in Oxford, Massachusetts. As a child, Clara was very shy. She first found her calling while caring for her brother after he fell from a rafter in their barn. Despite the fact that most teachers were still men at the time, Clara became a teacher at the age of 15, as well as one of the first women to work for the federal government at the US Patent Office. In 1881, Clara opened the first chapter of the American Red Cross in the United States and served as its first president. The American Red Cross is a relief organization that offers assistance to victims of such disasters as the 1889 Johnstown Flood and the 1900 Galveston Flood. She served as president for 23 years before resigning amidst claims that money was being mishandled internally.

The Civil War was a bloody war fought between the years 1861–1865. During the war, Clara sought to help the soldiers in any way she could. She collected needed supplies and distributed them to the Union Army. These supplies included items such as food, bedding, and clothing. However, Clara was not content to sit on the sidelines; she often risked her own life to care for soldiers wounded in battle. For these deeds, she was nicknamed the "Angel of the Battlefield.” When the war ended in 1865, Clara worked for the War Department helping in various ways.

A yearbook page for Clara Barton includes "Clara’s pet peeve: suffering of any kind.” What image would best illustrate this statement?

A. Band aids in the shape of the letter x.
B. A smile.
C. A statue of men standing in a line.
B. A teacher.

Which of the following is a possible synonym for the word "valid"?

1) Detailed
2) Untrustworthy
3) Reasonable
4) Opinionated

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I am doing a lawyer assignment for my English class and I need help! The book is The Tell-Tale Heart.
What are 5 good questions I can ask the police that will help my case in making the narrator guilty?

I am doing a lawyer assignment for my English class and I need help! The book is The Tell-Tale Heart.
What are 5 good questions I can ask the police that will help my case in making the narrator guilty?

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