Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text? [RI.2]
A. The traits your parents pass down to you are more responsible for the person you become than outside influences.
B. Outside influences, such as where you grow up and the way you grow up, have a stronger impact on the person you become than traits passed down by your parents.
C. While the traits your parents pass down help make you who you are, outside influences also play an important role.
D. Scientists are completely unsure of how nurture and nature combine to make people who they are.

When the subject of a sentence performs the action in the sentence the verb in the sentence is in the what ?

In this excerpt from phillip freneau's poem “american liberty,” the speaker describes being “slaves and minions to a parliament.” what is the intended meaning of this hyperbole? and should we now when spread thro' ev'ry shore, submit to that our fathers shunn'd before? should we, just heaven, our blood and labour spent, be slaves and minions to a parliament? perish the thought, nor may one wretch remain, who dares not fight and in our cause be slain; a. the speaker feels that the colonists should pay their share of taxes. b. the speaker believes that the british government is broken and should be fixed. c. the speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the british government. d. the speaker intends to lead a slave revolt against the british government.

Avenn diagram would be best to take notes on which of the following informational passages? a).pet ownership improves life. b).active reading improves test scores. c).will weights or walking keep you fit? d).the day before mount ruapehu erupted.