Which choice best describes an anecdote? a brief funny or engaging tale about an actual person or incident

a remedy that reverses the effect of a poison

a description of a person featured in an informational text

a surprising fact that creates interest in the text

In this unit we learned about arguments and

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)

Atheme from letter 4 in frankenstein is “friendship is sometimes born in the most unconventional places and situations.” this theme is conveyed through the conversations between walton and frankenstein, and these talks lead them to become confidants and friends. describe a theme from letter 3 of frankenstein and a different theme from letter 4. how are these themes conveyed in each letter? provide evidence from the text to support the themes expressed in each letter.