PART A: Which statement identifies the central idea of the text? A
Playing chess gives young offenders in the criminal justice system the chance to be regular kids for a few hours.
B
Studies have shown that the Chess for Life program has helped young offenders be well adjusted and ready to return to society.
C
It’s important for young offenders to experience a combination of punitive justice and rehabilitation to understand what they did wrong and not do it again.
D
Researchers believe teaching young offenders life skills through chess could be more helpful than punishment in preventing them from reoffending.

Athesis statement is not a. a question; it is your answer to a research question that you will address in your essay b. your position on a topic you will address in your persuasive essay c. about the topic of your persuasive essay. it is about the opposite position

Which statement best evaluates the author's use of pacing in the passage? a. the author's use of pacing is not effective, because the imagery and figurative language don't adequately describe either the cheetah or the gazelle. b. the author's use of pacing is effective, because the imagery and figurative language speed up the action, making the scene come alive for the reader. c. the author's use of pacing is effective, because the long, complex sentences the reader fully understand the power and beauty of nature. d. the author's use of pacing is not effective, because the long, complex sentences distract from the sense of stress and anxiety the passage should convey.

Which two sentences in this excerpt from f. scott fitzgerald's "winter dreams" seem to foreshadow dexter’s future obsession with "possessing" judy jones?