Based on the venn diagram above that contrasts text messaging and phone calls, which choice is the best thesis statement?
a. though both are methods of communication, text messaging and phone calls have several differences.
b. when writing a text message, people should think about what they would say during a phone call and write a note similar to that conversation.
c. text messaging is always better than a phone call.
d. since text messaging and phone calls share so many similarities, they really aren’t very different
e. text messaging and phone calls make the world a better place

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

What is the first step in summarizing a plot? restating central ideas and key details eliminating minor or unimportant details connecting ideas with logical transitions identifying important words and phrase

Read the sentence. thomas jefferson himself worked on a draft of the document. what kind of pronoun is himself?