Which one of these statements is a claim (rather than supporting evidence for a claim)? A) 85% of the homes in our town have zoysia grass lawns that need mowing almost every week. B) Many neck problems are a direct result of a person's sleep position on his or her pillow. C) The Open Floor plan is now the most popular home-building plan built in the America today. D) Public schools need to include more internship and job-exposure opportunities for students today.

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up