Select the correct answer.
Which sentence from the passage offers support for the thesis, "The writings paint a detailed portrait that shows daily life in ancient Egypt to be surprisingly quaint and free"?
A.
"They constructed over 25 tombs for Egyptian nobles over the course of 500 years."
B.
"Some tell tales of romances and love stories, and others explain morality and justice."
C.
"Some of the scrolls even explain that workers went on strike when they were unhappy."
D.
"They uncovered tens of thousands of scrolls that contain information about daily life."

The sentence from the passage which offers support for the thesis, "The writings paint a detailed portrait that shows daily life in ancient Egypt to be surprisingly quaint and free" is, "They uncovered tens of thousands of scrolls that contain information about daily life."

Option D.

Explanation:

Thesis statement is the one which focuses on the main idea of the text. The thesis statement of the passage is about how the writings depicted the day to day life of ancient Egypt. So the statement which goes with the thesis statement is 'They uncovered tens of thousands of scrolls that contain information about daily life.' This sentence provides the information regarding the thesis statement. The other mentioned options on the other hand are about construction of tombs, love stories, and workers strike which doesn't support the thesis statement.

d.) then bernice winced as marjorie tossed her own hair over her shoulders and began to twist it slowly into two long blond braids until in her cream-colored negligée she looked like a delicate painting of some saxon princess. fascinated, bernice watched the braids grow. heavy and luxurious they were, moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes—and to bernice remained this relic and the curling iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)