True or False: Writing styles could come in the form of comical, serious, plain, ornate, formal, or informal.

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False

14. Two teachers are discussing thesis statements. Teacher A says that a thesis statement should reflect the main idea of the paragraph that it's in. Teacher B says that the thesis statement should reflect the main idea of the entire essay.

N this line from Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself," what is the meaning of the word steeps? Of the moon that descends the steeps of the soughing twilight,

The cars were missiles of doom, speeding down the highway. What figure of speech is used in the sentence? (A) Personification (B) Simile (C) Alliteration (D) Metaphor

Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version. At four hundred miles they stopped to eat, at a thousand miles they pitched their camp. They had traveled for just three days and nights, a six weeks' journey for ordinary men.

At the beginning of this Act, whom does Othello question about Desdemona?

Which is a sentence fragment? A. The chef, who was responsible for the menu. B. The menu was planned in advance. C. The shopping was done, and the preparation begun. D. The chef was using a new recipe for roast chicken.

Most of the meaning in an interpersonal encounter is communicated nonverbally.

Choose the correct definition for bosque. A. forest B. tree C. stream D. shrubbery

Which sentence states the authors claim a (right

Who wants to be friends? Which of these statements is written using passive voice? a. I went to the store because it was having a sale. b. It was said that the store had a good sale. c. The store was advertising a good sale. d.