Excerpt from Lose Weight Fast and Easy Tracy Wilson
The fat burning action of our new diet pill enables even those who need to shed lots of weight to drop pounds without
strenuous exercise or ridiculous food restrictions.
What does the word "strenuous" as used in the advertisement mean?
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A)
eager
B)
easy
C
tedious
D)
vigorous

taking into account that a theme is the central topic a text treats and can be developed through a story, play, poem etc. the following are themes that can be further developed:  

my best friend jeffrey has many unusual interests. (the story could be about each of the unususal interests)

once a man gives his soul over to evil, he can never go back. (this could be a saying or a proverb)

the three sheepdogs lay around the yard all day. (it could be developed detailing how each of these sheepdogs lay around)

a priest's collar has an unusual effect upon people. (it could be developed detailing the different effect upon people)

innocence is a powerful force in a world full of corruption. (it could be developed detailing how is a world full of corruption)

king lear is a play shakespeare wrote later. (it is just a sentence and doesnt give any idea or topic to be discussed in details.

evil often wears the disguise of innocence. (this could be a saying or a proverb)

it translates into:

read the letter of your pen pal. write and answer 3 questions.

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.