Read the rough-draft paragraph. popcorn first gained popularity in the united states during the great depression. sugar had become an expensive commodity that most americans could no longer afford. so, instead of snacking on sweet candies, people turned to popped corn for a satisfying snack. a dash of salt and a sprinkle of melted butter made the treat delicious and hard to resist. of course, they should have skipped the salt and butter, but they didn’t really know about the potential health problems of these additions. the dangers of salt and trans fats has only recently been uncovered. , we have the knowledge we need to make healthy decisions about the foods we eat. which revision would most improve this paragraph? adding a topic sentence to the paragraph rewriting sentences that stray from the focus of the paragraph fixing spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors in the paragraph adding transitions to connect ideas within the paragraph

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.

Read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, the muttering retreats of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels and sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: how is this excerpt an example of dramatic monologue? the narrator is using long, interconnected sentences. the narrator is able to see into two character's heads. the narrator is addressing the audience directly. the narrator is jumping from one topic to the next topic

Which statement best represents a claim? a. people who do not exercise their right to vote are truly wasting a precious democratic privilege. b. the benefits of mandatory voting in the united states far outweigh the potential drawbacks. c. some countries require people who do not vote in certain elections to pay a moderate fine. d. i would never want to live in a country where it was mandatory to vote in political elections.