Which of the following would not be a good supporting sentence for an illustration paragraph with the following topic sentence?
My brother has always been amazingly smart.
A. He picks up on concepts really quickly.
B. When he studies, he doesn't have to stick with one subject for
hours.
C. In fact, he can teach the concept to his friends minutes after
learning it for the first time.
D. Smart people are irritating.

Baltus van tassel is known to be a miser. true or false

Read the quotation from "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." and now he became conscious of a new disturbance. striking through the thought of his dear ones was a sound which he could neither ignore nor understand, a sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith’s hammer upon the anvil; it had the same ringing quality. he wondered what it was, and whether immeasurably distant or near by—it seemed both. its recurrence was regular, but as slow as the tolling of a death knell. he awaited each stroke with impatience and—he knew not why—apprehension. the intervals of silence grew progressively longer, the delays became maddening. with their greater infrequency the sounds increased in strength and sharpness. they hurt his ear like the thrust of a knife; he feared he would shriek. what he heard was the ticking of his watch. which best describes the effect of the narration in the excerpt? it suggests that the man being executed feels tranquil and at peace. it suggests that the narrator is sympathetic to the man being executed. it suggests that the plot will become less tense as the story continues. it suggests that the story will become more intense and mysterious.

Gloom and glory what does the speaker suddenly see and hear in the poem?