What two topics does charles dickens criticize in the beginning of oliver twist by placing oliver in a workhouse?

Is the following statement true or false? the topic sentence of a paragraph should indicate what the paragraph is going to be about. false true

Excerpted from "the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! look carefully at the lines above. a poem with this particular rhyme scheme is best read a. line by line. b. with long pauses. c. phrase by phrase. d. with a strong rhythm.

Which sentence uses the persive voice a) john searched for a yote b) the rain coninued und down, c) lies destroy iriendship d) the tree was planted by mary