45 POINTS Select the correct answer.
Which of these fully describes a topic sentence?
O A.
a debatable claim that needs to be supported with evidence
B.
a thesis statement supported by each paragraph of an essay
Oc.
a claim within a paragraph that supports an essay's thesis
D.
a definitive sentence that plots the outline of a paragraph

Which sentence you is an example of chronological structure in “the city without us”?

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

Asymbol always — a. gives human qualities to nonhuman things b. uses a connective word such as like or as c. stands both for itself and for something else d. presents an apparent contradiction that is actually true