Read this sentence from paragraph 5 of “Stars and Stripes Forever.” “He was the prolific composer of 15 operettas, 70 songs, numerous overtures, concert pieces, vocal works, waltzes, books and articles, along with his 136 marches.”

What is the author’s purpose for including this sentence?

A.
The author wants to show that Sousa was a musician his entire life.

B.
The author wants to show that Sousa rarely revised his compositions.

C.
The author wants to show that Sousa worked in many different areas as a musician.

D.
The author wants to show that Sousa broke with traditions among American band leaders.

Is "they" an unstressed or stressed syllable?

Read the excerpt from elie wiesel’s all rivers run to the sea. why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into poland? why were the tracks leading to birkenau never bombed? i have put these questions to american presidents and generals and to high-ranking soviet officers. since moscow and washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? that not a single allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me. birkenau was “processing” ten thousand jews a day. stopping a single convoy for a single night—or even for just a few hours—would have prolonged so many lives. based on the paragraph, the author would most likely agree that it is best to avoid confrontation at all costs. people need to be proactive when they witness an injustice. countries should remain neutral to keep alliances strong. moscow and washington are to be blamed for the holocaust.

Is the following statement true or false? the topic sentence of a paragraph should indicate what the paragraph is going to be about. false true