Stefanie is giving a speech to a group of environmentally conscious architects. she says, “what if i told you buildings can save our planet? i look forward to talking to you tonight about how building shape, construction materials, and solar integration can reduce the energy use of the world's buildings.” she speaks with enthusiasm to excite her audience about new and upcoming technologies. she continues by saying, “each year three billion metric tons are released into the atmosphere unnecessarily. the work that we do can have a fantastic effect on the planet.” what part of the introduction represents capturing attention?

As you have learned, epic heroes experience trials along their journeys. using your knowledge from beowulf, create a trial you believe an epic hero like beowulf might face. you will need to write a description of the trial using the aspects of a narrative. the trial can be anything you imagine, meaning you can test the hero in any way you see fit. be creative and have fun with this! let your creativity flow. focus on key attributes of beowulf and use his attributes to create a trial that would truly test him. since beowulf is very strong, a trial involving strength and endurance might be to easy. try thinking outside the box to create a trial that would truly test the hero of the geats. examples of beowulf’s attributes: couragous, loyal, strong, persistant, honorable, confident try to use one or multiples of these attribute when designing your trial. a good way to think of this activity is that you are a hunger games game designer. what could you make that would stump beowulf

Read this passage from the online article “top 10 reasons why everyone is doing yoga” by kathryn livingston. what type of propaganda is the author using? why are so many people doing yoga these days? there must be more to it than endorphins; there has to be a deeper reason why 20 million plus americans have fallen in love with this venerable practice. here is my top ten list – and if you’re a yogi, i’m sure you can think of more.

He contains the main idea in a paragraph. a. thesis statement b. first sentence c. declarative statement d. topic sentence