Read the following paragraph: like other marine mammals, whales get oxygen from the air, not the water. whales have a blowhole on the top of their heads to inhale and exhale oxygen from the water’s surface. another feature they share with other mammals is the way they produce young. whale calves stay inside their mothers until they are born. which topic sentence best introduces the paragraph? a. although whales live in the water, they are not so different from other mammals. b. whales do not lay eggs to give birth to their babies. c. some whales may have teeth while others have baleen plates that filter food. d. whales are the largest animals on earth today. e. whales make sounds to communicate with one another.

Item 7 shakespeare often puts the audience in a situation where they know more than one of the characters does. how does shakespeare increase the tension in the four-lovers story line by giving the audience information that one or more of the characters does not have? the audience knows that hermia’s father really approves of lysander and there is no need for hermia and lysander to run away. this knowledge builds tension because the audience wonders if hermia and lysander’s relationship will survive a night in the woods. the audience knows that helena really hates hermia and wants to hurt her. this knowledge builds tension when helena tells demetrius of hermia’s plan to run away because the audience wonders if hermia will be caught and punished. the audience knows that lysander and demetrius are under the spell, but helena and hermia do not. this knowledge builds tension and makes the audience eager to see what will happen next. the audience knows that oberon is observing the lovers, but the lovers do not know. this knowledge builds tension because oberon falls in love with helena and decides to become a human so he can marry her.