Which sentence lacks parallel structure? a) we had a delicious breakfast of bacon and eggs and bread and butter. b) a doll, a video, and a wagon were the items on the little girl's list. c) tonya and her friend tammy were studying biology and watching science films until late last night. d) because he waited to the last minute to study, finished his labs too late, and is lacking motivation, jonathan failed science.

Which is the best topic sentence for this letter? a) amelia grady likes the middle school fundraiser. b) the basketball team at kennedy middle school enjoys its community. c) kennedy middle school wants to get the community involved in its activities. d) kennedy middle school has organized an event in which you may be interested.

(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.”)

Write a 250-word essay in which you explain the theme of women’s strength and bravery in the poem.