Read the sample thesis statement and answer the question: Dr. King employs allusions in his "Letter to Birmingham Jail" to help the audience make connections. Based on the thesis, what is the writer's purpose for the essay? A) To show how allusions can help the audience create information
B) To show how allusions can help the audience link information
C) To show how allusions can help the audience produce information
D) To show how allusions can help the audience understand information

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

The town should regulate the height of buildings allowed on main street. this would be categorized as a: a. claim of fact. b. claim of policy. c. claim of cause and effect. d. claim of definition.

Ihave only a christmas cards left to write. a. few b. fewer c. less d. little