50 POINTS ANSWER HONESTLY PRETTY PLEASE :) You are creating a thesis statement you MUST HAVE 2 elements: A position (the side you are taking in the argument) and 2 supporting reasons.

Thesis Sentence FRAME: Position because Reason 1 and Reason 2.

Prompt: Many states are beginning to change laws regarding minimum wage. Should national minimum wage be raised?

Constructed response paragraph: after reading “the case for short words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.

Buck did not cry out. he did not check himself, but drove in upon spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat. they rolled over and over in the powdery snow. spitz gained his feet almost as though he had not been overthrown, slashing buck down the shoulder and leaping clear. twice his teeth clipped together, like the steel jaws of a trap, as he backed away for better footing, with lean and lifting lips that writhed and snarled. read this passage. explain what the conflict shows about buck and spitz.

Which of the following did shakespeare change in his version of romeo and juliet? he increased emphasis on the capulet-montague conflict. he made romeo and mercutio’s relationship more complicated. he made the franciscan friars more evil. he gave tybalt a smaller role.