1. topic description look at the thesis statement you identified from the article "first lady says education equals success." based on what you have learned about what makes a strong thesis statement, rate the thesis statement between 1 and 5 stars (1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest) and explain your rating in detail, using the 6 characteristics of a strong thesis to guide your rating. once you have rated the thesis statement, you will create a new thesis statement for the article based on the 6 characteristics that make a thesis statement strong. if you need with this post, refer back to unit 2, lesson 2 - informational texts: thesis and supporting evidence. *you will not be able to see anyone else's response to this discussion board until you have submitted your response. you will have to respond to two other classmates posts in order to receive full credit for the post.

Select the correct text in the passage. which set of lines spoken by sebastian in act v, scene i, of twelfth night implies that olivia is not attracted to him simply because she is crazy? sebastian: this is the air; that is the glorious sun; this pearl she gave me, i do feel't and see't: and though 'tis wonder that enwraps me thus, yet 'tis not madness. where's antonio, then? i could not find him at the elephant; yet there he was; and there i found this credit, that he did range the town to seek me out. his counsel now might do me golden service; for though my soul disputes well with my sense, that this may be some error, but no madness, yet doth this accident and flood of fortune so far exceed all instance, all discourse, that i am ready to distrust mine eyes and wrangle with my reason, that persuades me to any other trust but that i am mad, or else the lady's mad; yet if 'twere so, she could not sway her house, command her followers, take and give back affairs and their despatch with such a smooth, discreet, and stable bearing, as i perceive she does: there's something in't that is deceivable. but here comes the lady.

How is the speaker's writing assignment in "theme for english b" affected by his setting in place and time? the speaker focuses more on his fascination with music than on the core of the assignment. the speaker reflects that he has nothing in common with his instructor, who will therefore not understand his essay. the speaker has trouble with the assignment because he questions what is true about his own identity.< < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < ,,

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