Your Writing Prompt: You heard a rumor that there was a fight at school today, and you really want to know the truth of what happened. It is the very end of the day, and you only have time to ask one of the following people about the incident. Who do you believe will give you the most accurate description of what happened and why? Use specific details and examples to support your choice.
Ms. Diaz - the teacher who broke up the fight
Officer Weinburg- the school resource officer who took a report afterwards
Demitri - one of the students in the fight
Saskia - witness to the fight (and Demitri’s friend)

Directions:
Read the prompt CAREFULLY. Pick one of the four options given. Highlight the one you picked in yellow.
Write an essay that responds to the prompt. Your essay should be at least four paragraphs long.
Your essay should include:
An introduction with a thesis statement
At least two body paragraphs with topic sentences
A conclusion

With this 3 questions ! really need them right! 1. the first continental congress met in philadelphia on september 5, 1774. all of the colonies sent representatives except georgia. this congress continued in session until october 26, 1774. by then it had passed resolutions calling for a boycott against british trade. the author's main purpose was a. to inform b. to persuade c. to instruct d. to give an opinion 2. identify the point of view of each of the following passages. "my second mate was a round-cheeked, silent young man, grave beyond his years, i thought; but as our eyes happened to meet i detected a slight quiver on his lips. i looked down at once. it was not my part to encourage sneering on board my ship. it must be said, too, that i knew very little of my officers." (joseph conrad, "the secret sharer") a. first person b. third person limited c. third person omniscient d. none of the above 3. identify the point of view of each of the following passages. "he had only himself to in his choice: his fortune was his own; for as to frank, it was more than being tacitly brought up as his uncle's heir, it had become so avowed an adoption as to have him assume the name of churchill on coming of age. it was most unlikely, therefore, that he should ever want his father's assistance. his father had no apprehension of it." (jane austen, emma) a. third person omniscient b. third person limited c. first person d. none of the above

What element does susan b. anthony include in this passage to strengthen her argument?

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance