Which thesis statement is too broad for a short research report?
a. although slavery was a hotly contested issue between the north and south, the main cause of the civil war was the south’s demands for self-government.
b. the north and south fought the civil war for many reasons, but the main causes were disagreements over morality, self-governance, and slavery.
c. the north and south fought the civil war for many reasons.
d. the main cause of the civil war was disagreement over the issues of the morality and legality of keeping slaves.

Occurrences of major earthquakes are considered unusual, but minor tremors happen frequently. which word is an adjective?

Which modifier is misplaced within the passage? choose the best answer. it took me longer than normal to walk to school today because i stopped to make a wish. i wished for happiness at the fountain. i'm not sure if my wish will come true, but i sure hope it does!

Read the excerpt. … in lower burma, i was hated by large numbers of people. … i was subdivisional police officer of the town, and … anti-european feeling was very bitter. … as a police officer i was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. … i had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing. … i was all for the burmese and all against their oppressors, the british. what is the situational irony in the excerpt from “shooting an elephant” by george orwell? the narrator is a british police officer and part of the system he dislikes. the narrator is himself a well-liked member of the burmese government. the narrator has recently become a burmese citizen. the narrator has decided to leave the british empire.