Our school’s mission statement stresses community, cooperation, and personal and intellectual growth. but one of our school’s practices—selecting a valedictorian and salutatorian each year—does not support our mission. this practice is divisive, it is unfair, it is archaic. so let’s end it now! for some students, jockeying for these positions begins when they start high school. they choose classes they can ace, as well as ap and ib courses that boost their grade-point averages, rather than ones that excite their interest or challenge them. they pay plenty and spend hours in classes that promise to raise standardized test scores. successful candidates are routinely accused of gaming the system. the formula for selecting the two “top” students is complex; selection can turn on several zeroes after a decimal point. at several schools around the country, students who lost out as valedictorian have sued. is this the kind of situation we want to encourage at our school?
which of the following sentences most clearly expresses an opinion?
a. our school’s mission statement stresses community, cooperation, and personal and intellectual growth.
b. this practice is divisive, it is unfair, it is archaic.
c. they pay plenty and spend hours in classes that promise to raise standardized test scores.
d. the formula for selecting the two “top” students is complex; selection can turn on several zeroes after a decimal point.

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.

Read the passage from an argumentative essay. many endangered species are currently threatened by climate change. there are some laws already in place, but are they effective enough? anyone with a conscience knows that these creatures deserve the chance to survive without outside threats impeding their survival. i suppose this is a tough decision for lawmakers, but i hope they choose wisely. which statement best evaluates the claim in the passage?

Read the sentence and select the statement that best describes it. i should leave now. the sentence is complete. the sentence is missing a subject. the sentence has one dependent clause and one independent clause. the sentence is missing a predicate.