Every child should own a pet. pets children learn many important lessons. owning a pet children learn how to be responsible. they must feed and care for their pets every day. children will find that pets do not always do what they tell them to. teaching a cat a trick or showing a dog how to sit children learn how to be patient. having a pet also shows children how to be kind to animals. how does the author support the argument? a) by explaining what pets teach children b) by showing which pets are best for children c) by showing how children and pets can have fun d) by explaining why children might enjoy having a pet

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Read the excerpt from ernest hemingway’s “soldier's home.” his father was in the real estate business and always wanted the car to be at his command when he required it to take clients out into the country to show them a piece of farm property. the car always stood outside the first national bank building where his father had an office on the second floor. now, after the war, it was still the same car. nothing was changed in the town except that the young girls had grown up. how does hemingway’s description of the town as unchanged impact the readers’ perception of krebs? it emphasizes that while the town has remained the same, krebs has changed. it illustrates that krebs despises the town he grew up in because it is boring. it demonstrates that krebs views himself as similar to the other soldiers from his town. it reveals that krebs is jealous of those who were able to stay in town and avoid the war.

Read this sample thesis statement and answer the question: dr. king employs allusions in his “letter to birmingham jail” to the audience make connections. based on the thesis, what is the writers purpose for the essay? a. to show how allusion can the audience create information b. to show how allusion can the audience link information c. to show how allusion can the audience produce information d. to show how allusions can the audience understand information