Karen would travel anywhere, anytime to get to a gordon harrison concert. she had read everything she could find about her favorite rock star. she truly loved every one of his songs. one day, karen was amazed to see harrison sitting alone in the back of the restaurant where she worked as a server. karen took a deep breath and then went over, introduced herself, and asked for the star’s autograph. to her surprise, harrison asked her to join him. they had an interesting conversation. the celebrity told karen all about his life and his music. karen was thrilled, but also shocked to discover that almost everything she had ever read about him was wrong. as harrison said, the stories had been made up to sell magazines and promote his concerts. karen learned an important lesson that day: what you may think you are sure of, you may find out is not actually true. which statement is accurate about this paragraph? a. there’s no topic sentence in this paragraph. b. the first sentence is the topic sentence. c. the last sentence is the topic sentence. d. the topic sentence is implied with details.

How are the two arguments made in the passages different? a. the first passage claims that pets in class will children with health problems; the second passage says pets will make some health problems worse. b. the first passage claims that students’ nervousness will decrease around pets; the second says that students’ nervousness will increase around pets. c. the first passage claims that pets will make the teacher’s work easier by keeping students busy; the second passage says pets will make the teacher’s work harder. d. the first passage claims that pets in school will be good for kids’ mental health; the second passage says pets will be bad for kids’ mental health.

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Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.