Which of the following sentences about a thesis statement is true?

a. it summarizes and closes an essay.

b. it gives background information on the essay's topic.

c. it grabs the reader's attention.

d. it presents the essay's controlling idea.

Which of these lines from the poem is meant to persuade the audience to keep fighting until the end?

How does changing the speaker, audience, and format influence the telling of an incident answer?

Read the following passage from "The Black Cat". But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburthen my soul. This passage is an example of which element of plot? A. Rising action B. Exposition C. Falling action D. Climax

Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its pronoun subject? A. Something in the soup taste unpleasant. B. Are everything in the basket? C. Nobody among them are complaining to us. D. Neither of the restaurants delivers to this neighborhood.

Which is a feature of an effective letter to the editor? a specific request for employment, or a job referral informal language to set a casual mood an argument supported by examples or personal experiences an announcement of an event or contest

Which verb is progressive? a. will have fallen b. will have been falling c. does fall d. has fallen

Is the pilot in cold equation a good or a bad person

Passion makes fools wise and turns the wise into fools

Which of the following is a virtue of Transcendentalism which influenced Little Women? financial security self-reliance interdependence following societal norms

What type of sentence is this? "The dark windows stared out at the approaching storm."