Which of the following phrases best defines rhythm?
a. repeated sounds across lines of poetry
b. a poem's cadence, pace, or ongoing momentum
c. a collection of lines in a poem
d. the regular of irregular rhyme scheme in a poem

answer: this is not a good thesis statement because a thesis statement is not supposed to have questions in it. a thesis states your position on your topic. a question cannot state anything because it is not a statement. a question is a great lead in to a thesis, but it can't be the thesis.

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.