To find the topic of a paragraph, you should ask yourself:

a. What is the one thing the author is discussing throughout the paragraph?

b. How does the author seem to feel about the material?

c. What kinds of examples does the author use?

d. What is the author's background?


a

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A generalization is defined as

a. an idea a writer accepts as true and makes no effort to prove or substantiate. b. a statement about an entire group based on information about part of the group. c. a reference to well-known religious, literary, artistic, or historical works. d. a comparison between humans and ideas or objects according to one characteristic.

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Jimi Hendrix era bravo a suonare la ____________________. (tromba, chitarra)

Choose the word in parentheses that best completes the sentence

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Fill in each blank in the following paragraph with the correct present tense verbs.

My dad (1) _______ me to babysit my younger brother one day a week. He works for my uncle on Saturdays, so he always (2) _______ me responsible. I really don’t mind, except when my brother (3) _______ me into trouble by telling lies. So I have to let him do whatever he (4) ______. I know my dad has to work, so I don’t complain. Also, every other week when my dad gets paid, he (5) ________ me money.

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This poem was the concluding text in Brooks’s 1970 chapbook Family Pictures. In what sense, then, is this a poem about family relationships?

What will be an ideal response?

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