Which of the following is not a step used to refine a thesis statement?
a. asking
b. questioning
c. plagiarizing
d. investigating

  The step you MUST not use to refine a thesis statement is C. plagiarizing.

  There are many techniques about how to refine a thesis statement, but overall they all pursued the idea of making it easier to understand and not too long. What every author will forbid is to plagiarize someones.

  Plagiarism is the robbery of another author´s language, thoughts, ideas or expressions and the representation of them as one´s own original work.

  You can always read and take inspiration from other authors, in fact for preparing a perfect thesis investigation is fundamental but there is a big difference between inspiration and stealing.

  I hope this answer helps you.

the correct answer would be d, i never like waking up.

explanation:

iambic tetrameter is a meter which is basically a line consisting of four feet of iambic and it is used in poetry. it consists of unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. in this question, the only statement which is giving the feel of being stressed is option d, which says that i never like waking up. it means the person is feeling stressed whenever he wakes up. he never likes to wake up and and whenever he wakes up, he doesn't like it. so a sense or feel of being stressed is in this statement.