Directions: Read the passage, and answer the question that follows. "The afternoon sun sat in its cloudless sky, blazing mercilessly as I trudged home from school. I was weighed down by a backpack full of heavy textbooks; the straps cut into my aching shoulders. Salty sweat poured down my bright red face, stinging my eyes. The hot air was heavy with the sour stench of car exhaust and rotting food." Add a sentence to the passage above. In your sentence, include a detail or two that would trigger a reader's sense of sound. For example, you might add a sentence describing the sound of the cars or the other people on the street.

As I walked down the street all I could hear was the rattles and reves of engines zooming alongside of and right past me. As I was passing a group of younger kids I could hear muffled giggles coming from the group. What the gigggles were about I don't know, but they were joyious and fun filled.

answer: this is not a good thesis statement because a thesis statement is not supposed to have questions in it. a thesis states your position on your topic. a question cannot state anything because it is not a statement. a question is a great lead in to a thesis, but it can't be the thesis.

hancock was president of congress when the declaration of independence was adopted and signed. he is primarily remembered by americans for his large, flamboyant signature on the declaration, so much so that "john hancock" became, in the united states, an informal synonym for signature.

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