Read the following paragraph and answer the question. 1 poe really was the inventor of the detective story, which he called the "ratiocinative" tale. 2 here believing the effect intended was "to perplex the reader and whet his desire for elucidation," he originated two devices useful to this day. 3 one might be called "the device of the baffled friend": he gave his brilliant detective a companion not good at solutions and had him tell the story. 4 viewing the happenings through this narrator's eyes, the reader shares his growing puzzlement. 5 poe used his second device at the tale's end: he had the detective disclose his surprising solution and then "elucidate" step by step the reasoning which led to it. 6 "the purloined letter" demonstrated poe's use of these two devices in a detective story. the main sentence of the paragraph is sentence number?

The main sentence of the paragraph is sentence number 1

Explanation:

The main sentence has to present the general idea of the complete piece of work, sentence number 1 "Poe really was the inventor of the detective story, which he called the "ratiocinative" tale" presents the general idea that is the creation of the ratiocinative tale, later the other sentences give examples and expand the definition of this invention.

free time is when all my homework and chores have been done for the day and i am "free" to do things that i enjoy doing.

usually i spend time watching television. as my favorite tv shows come on at specific times, i make sure that i finish my homework and chores well before the shows. otherwise i will have to miss them. mostly i manage to watch the shows but sometimes extra homework or chores may cause me to miss a show or two, but it is rare. anyhow if i know that i am definitely not able to catch a show in time, i will just set the video recorder to tape the show sothe evening when the weather is fine, i sometimes go for a stroll around the neighborhood with my friends. this is the time when most the neighbors have come home from work or school. we say hello to those whom we know. they are mostly friendly people and they acknowledge our greetings. once in a while we come upon unfriendly neighbors but we just ignore them and carry on. that i can watch it later.

c) by giving an example of how mary beth tinker did, in fact, disrupt her mathematics class

explanation:

petitioner john f. tinker, 15 years of age, and solicitor christopher eckhardt, 16 years of age, went to secondary schools in des moines, iowa.