Read the sentence from an argumentative essay about the economy.The unstable economy caused lots of people to lose their jobs.Which revision exhibits the best word choice for the underlined portion of the sentence?
Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.What was a pretty blue vase doing way up there? I couldn’t reach it, obviously, so I moved over the chair with the tuxedo still on it, and then I went to my room to get the Collected Shakespeare set that Grandma bought for me when she found out that I was going to be Yorick, and I brought those over, four tragedies at a time, until I had a stack that was tall enough.How does the narration shape Oskar’s characterization in this excerpt?
Which list best describes the organization of an argumentative essay?
Read the excerpt from part 1 of Zeitoun.He looked in the backyard. There was the canoe. It called to him, floating and ready. It was a rare opportunity, he thought, to be able to glide over the roads. . . .Leaving the yard was difficult. A tree across the street had been ripped from its roots and lay across the road, branches spread over his driveway. He paddled around them and looked back to the house. No great damage to the exterior. Some shingles missing from the roof. The windows broken. A gutter that would need remounting. Nothing too bad, three days’ work.What conclusion can readers draw about this character vs. nature conflict?
Read this claim from an argumentative essay about zoos. Zoos help to protect endangered animals, so they are necessary for animal conservation.Which piece of evidence, if true, would best support this claim?
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