Prompt on short story After reading "The Necklace" in StudySync, answer the following prompt in a discussion:
In your opinion, when are dreams for a better life beneficial, and when are they harmful?

Consider the potential power that hopes and dreams can have over someone and how these desires might influence them, for better or for worse.

Provide an example to justify your response by using supporting details from the story and/or real life.

basically the story is about a wife who really wants to be rich but is not and her friend is so she goes to a ball and asks her friend to borrow her diamond necklace. she loses the necklace and ends up buying a replacement. it takes her 10 years to pay it off. 10 yrs later she runs into the friend only to find out the replacement was worth 1000s more than the actual necklace

a compare and contrast essay is a piece of formal writing in which the author focus on the similarities between two ideas, objects, places, etc., and the differences between them. there are some aspects that the author should take into account when he/she is crafting the essay. first, the author has a clear idea of the effect that he/she wants to produce on the audience (a purpose). his/her main idea should be presented in the thesis statement in a simple but effective way which gives the audience a clear idea of the content and the direction of the essay. in addition, it is also important to focus to the similarities and differences that not only are interesting and relevant to the reader but also provide a new, impressive point of view or deeper understanding of a topic.

when making an inference, the reader should be sure to support the inference with

evidence

a is an educated guess about what will happen.

c. prediction

when new information proves that a reader's prediction is wrong, the reader should

make a new prediction based on the new information.

which words are in bold?

the first option is the answer