Adream within a dream
edgar allan poe
take this kiss upon the brow!

in the second stanza of this poem, the speaker's repetition of 'o god! "
a. shows that he is emotional
b. shows that he is thoughtful
c. shows his interest in religion
d. shows his interest in philosophy

A

Explanation: it's not B, because that just doesn't mean thoughtful at all.

It's not C because religious people don't say "o god" because that's using the lord's name on vain. And they do not do that. Not D because it has absolutely nothing to do with philosophy so it has to be A and it does show they're emotional because of the exclamation! : ) hope that helped.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

the students want to see the great sphinx of giza, which is very popular with tourists.