Which of the following statements are true about a research thesis?   a. a thesis advocates a specific and debatable issue. b. a thesis can either be directly stated (as is often the case in academic writing) or implied. c. a thesis is not a statement of fact, a series of questions, or a summary of events. d. a thesis answers the two most basic reader questions “what’s your point? ” and “why should i care? ” e. a working thesis is temporary and it will inevitably change as you learn more about your topic and as you conduct more research

Read the excerpt from heart of a samurai. the water was so clear, he could see straight to the bottom. a snail was making a path like a shiny ribbon slowly unfurling on the sand. what does the author use the most precise words to describe in the excerpt? the water’s movement the water the snail the snail’s path

Read this excerpt from chapter 1 of i know why the caged bird sings by maya angelou and answer the queswhen i was three and bailey four, we had arrived in the musty little town, wearing tags on our wrists whinstructed - 'to whom it may concern' - that we were marguerite and bailey johnson negropassengers, who always traveled with loaded lunch boxes, felt sorry for the poor littleand plied us with cold fried chicken and potato salad.deducing from the diction, which of the following are possible audiences for the memoir select all that appchildren of three and four years of age like ones in the memoirafrican-american adults from the south who can relate to angelou's storycaucasian adults interested in american historytrain conductors and passengers

Identify a synonym to the word “swine” as used by chekhov. dog pig coward bad person