Use one of the following topic sentences to write a well-developed paragraph of approximately 150 words. supply the specific details or examples that support the topic sentence you choose. our dog is a nuisance to the neighbors. baby-sitting is an easy way to earn money. my younger sister or brother has an easier life than i did. taxation in america today is confiscatory. a guaranteed annual wage would destroy this country. many wild plants are edible. the metric system should, or should not, be imposed on americans. inflation steals from older people who have saved money all their lives.

In the sweet hereafter and the following poem, what does the newborn symbolize? "every death is magic from the enemy to be avenged" by brooks haxton when fever burned the last light out of my daughter's eyes, i swore to find and kill the ones to blame. men must mount the long boat in the dark with spears. at dawn, where the flowering spicebush hid my scent, i crouched. a young wife, newborn slung across her chest, came first for spring water. she stooped. my god, for vengeance, spoke her secret name inside my ear. her god stepped back with no scream, his right hand at his mouth, the knuckles clenched between the pointed teeth. death is not evil. innocence of childhood the continuing cycle of life and death the children that will never be born