What would you do if you had an extra $5 million to spend? that's what the city council has found in its budget, and it's turning into a big problem because each branch of our city services wants to have it for its own. last week, you recommended spending the budget surplus on street repair. one reader suggested expanding the library. i have a better suggestion: let's improve the zoo! which best represents the author's main argument? what would you do if you had an extra $5 million to spend? i have a better suggestion: let's improve the zoo! last week, you recommended spending the budget surplus on street repair. that's what the city council has found in its budget, and it's turning into a big problem because each branch of our city services wants to have it for its own.

If this were a fictionalized account, instead of a memoir, which might be the opening sentence? a) i am not your prisoner. b) i find myself in prison. c) you have taken me prisoner. d) black hawk had been taken prisoner.

Read the sentence below about the chicago fire of 1871. schaffer told someone else to strike the wrong alarm box and that caused a miscommunication during the chicago fire of 1871. which revision is the best example of adding concrete details? schaffer told another person in his office to sound the wrong alarm and that caused a big miscommunication during the chicago fire. schaffer told his assistant to strike the wrong alarm box and that caused a miscommunication during the massive chicago fire of 1871. schaffer mistakenly told his assistant to strike alarm box 342 instead of the correct box and that caused a miscommunication during a fire in chicago. schaffer mistakenly told his assistant to strike alarm box 342, and as a result, firefighters were directed to an incorrect location during the chicago fire of 1871.

Read jonathan swift's essay "a modest proposal." note the six numbered arguments that swift makes midway through the essay. write down your analysis and response to his arguments. as you write your response, keep in mind his central themes and ideas in the essay.