Using what you know about thesis statements, which of the following is the best thesis statement if the writer wants to focus on the plot and structure? select one: a. first, george noticed that the cake was missing from the countertop, so he decided to ask his friend what happened to it. his friend said that he didn't remember seeing the cake when he came in. this makes george wonder even more what happened to the cake. b. seamlessly weaving flashbacks into present-day action, the author creates a unique story of the events that occurred during the holocaust in nazi germany. c. the two characters, hector and walter, decided to build a campfire. d. the author uses many metaphors, such as the computer search, to represent an aspect of wilhelmina's life.

Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which choice best describes the purpose of this text? to persuade readers to oppose the censorship of literature to inform readers about censorship in a specific country to entertain readers with stories about censorship to motivate readers to speak out against censorship mark this and return

Writers try to let us know what is central to their writing. when we notice words such as "meanwhile," "afterward," "before," or "previously," an author is letting us know the order in which events happen. a paragraph that mostly uses these key words is arranged in what structural form?

What is tomas paine's central claim in this excerpt