Aday spent at the museum can be an educational experience, but it can also be fun. paintings, sculptures, and various artifacts can be educate the visitor artifacts can educate the visitor, while interactive exhibits allow children and adults alike to participate in games and activities that will them to remember what they’ve learned. museum tour guides can be men or women. many museums also have gift shops to allow visitors to purchase images or replicas of those exhibits they enjoyed the most. a day at the museum is a day well spent

a. identify the topic sentence in the paragraph.

b. identify the sentence that is irrelevant and can be eliminated from the paragraph.

2. identify the appropriate step of writing process (prewriting, planning, writing the first draft, revising and editing, proofreading, presenting) in which each action would be performed

(a) outline
(b) developing some ideas, cutting others
(c) checking for errors in grammar and spelling
(d) freewriting
(e) putting tighter idea in draft

Read the excerpt from act 3 of a doll’s house. mrs. linde: you seemed to me to imply that with me you might have been quite another man. krogstad: i am certain of it. mrs. linde: is it too late now? krogstad: christine, are you saying this deliberately? yes, i am sure you are. i see it in your face. have you really the courage, then—? mrs. linde: i want to be a mother to someone, and your children need a mother. we two need each other. nils, i have faith in your real character—i can dare anything together with you. krogstad [grasps her hands]. , , christine! now i shall find a way to clear myself in the eyes of the world. ah, but i forgot— how does the conflict in this passage develop a theme? mrs. linde creates a conflict by promising something she cannot give to krogstad, which develops the theme that empty promises can destroy relationships. krogstad continues the conflict by choosing clearing his name over having a life with mrs. linde, which develops the theme that you must often choose yourself over others. krogstad creates a conflict by deceiving mrs. linde about his intentions, which develops the theme that, in love, actions speak louder than words. mrs. linde resolves the conflict by committing to a new life with krogstad, which develops the theme that new beginnings are always possible.