Read this example. Michaela is given this writing prompt in class:

Write a personal narrative essay that describes a frightening situation that has shaped your identity.

Michaela decides that she is going to write about an experience she had when she was walking home with her friend, Anita, and Anita found a $20 bill on the ground. Anita could have kept the money for herself, but she chose to share it with Michaela, and this choice made a big impact on Michaela’s beliefs and actions. Michaela always remembered Anita’s generous behavior and decided that she would be generous with others, too.

Which statement best describes Michaela’s choice of topic?

Michaela chose an acceptable topic, because she can write many paragraphs about it.
Michaela chose an acceptable topic, because it has a positive message for the readers.
Michaela should change her topic, because it does not meet the requirements of a personal narrative.
Michaela should change her topic, because it does not completely follow the prompt.

Select the correct answer to which literary movement did ambrose bierce belong? a. romanticism b. realism c. naturalism d. neoclassicism

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next

Which two pieces of evidence support the idea that coal is underutilized? this was on study island about coal