What statement from “A Cat Is Not a Can of Soup” supports the author’s argument: “Adopting a pet from the Ferndale Shelter is often a wiser move than buying one”?

A. Some good shops are run by animal lovers who try to give good care to the creatures they sell

B. Sometimes the animals arrive at the shelter very sick

C. You won’t have a problem finding a gentle or sociable pet at the shelter

D. You might have the idea that all the animals there have something wrong with them

What do the excerpts have in common? both point out the tragic nature of situations in which children make journeys without their parents. both describe what immigrant children must do to survive when traveling to the united states. both explain why most children want to leave central america without their parents. both indicate the tragic problems and their consequences that children in central america must face.

If you were making a persuasive speech about how students should take creative writing every year they are in school, which sentence would most effectively support that argument?

One element of lyric poetry is personal reflection. which lines in this poem most clearly illustrate that element? i wandered lonely as a cloudby william wordsworthi wandered lonely as a cloudthat floats on high o'er vales and hills,when all at once i saw a crowd,a host, of golden daffodils; beside the lake, beneath the trees,fluttering and dancing in the breeze.continuous as the stars that shineand twinkle on the milky way.they stretched in never-ending linealong the margin of a bay: ten thousand saw i at a glance,tossing their heads in sprightly dance.the waves beside them danced; but theyout-did the sparkling waves in glee: a poet could not but be gay.in such a jocund company: i gazed and gazed—but little thoughtwhat wealth the show to me had brought: for oft, when on my couch i liein vacant or in pensive mood,they flash upon that inward eyewhich is the bliss of solitude; and then my heart with pleasure fills,and dances with the daffodils.