2. What is the purpose of the introduction in an essay?

A. To explain the main idea to the reader

B. To highlight the most important concepts

C. To focus on current statistics

D. To grab the attention of the reader

Which BEST identifies and explains the function of the word gardening as it is used in this sentence? Gardening is a pleasant and productive pastime for people of all ages.

Which form of repetition is used in lines 3-4 in the excerpt from King Arthur's Knights? Open Excerpt epistrophe parallelism anadiplosis anaphora

Which event most likely influenced the creation of the science fiction genre? A. the Industrial Revolution B. World War I C. the Civil War D. the Gold Rush

Which statement about paragraphs is accurate?

explain how macbeth's attempt to resolve his conflict changes him. what message dies shakespeare convey through his change?

What is the literary device in this sentence. Mama is a sunrise

Mike and Tom is going on a race for 2 miles, Mike is trying to go less than 14 min, while Tom is trying to go for less than 12 min. Which best summaries the question? A. Mike and Tom are going on a race B. Mike and Tom are going on a race track C.

Which sentence correctly uses the semicolon? (It was already late in the evening; and I wanted to go to bed.) There was no reason to stay awake, since we knew that the power would not come back on until the morning.

How does the structure of Cicero's argument in On the Commonwealth compare to the structure of Hobbes' argument in Leviathan?

Which of these writers influenced T. S. Eliot's works the most?