Read the paragraph. (1) dogs are great pets for families because they teach children many important life lessons. (2) a dog must be walked and fed at certain times during the day. (3) when a child is in charge of these tasks, he or she learns to be dependable and disciplined. (4) to take care of a dog might interfere with homework or other activities, but it’s essential for children to have some responsibility. (5) in addition, dogs are loyal, playful, loving companions. which is the best revision of sentence 4 to eliminate contradictory information? just like homework and other activities, to take care of a dog teaches a child about responsibility. if a child has other things to do, such as homework and other activities, taking care of a dog could be too much. homework and other activities are very important, but taking care of the family dog should be the priority. there are many ways to teach a child about responsibility besides taking care of a dog, such as homework and other activities.

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”

What is the source of tension in this excerpt? ellery searching everything insects filling the light fixtures ellery standing on the desks louise carpenter whispering

A. to transition the reader smoothly from one idea or moment intime to the nextob. to grab readers' attention and get them interested in the essay'smain topicc. to provide more supporting details about the essay's main ideasor topicod. to sum up the overall point of the essay and make a lastingimpression