Which of the following choices is the most effective thesis statement for a persuasive essay against the death penalty? A.) The death penalty should be abolished because it is more costly than life in prison, and many people have been proven innocent after they were executed.

B.) This essay will talk about why the death penalty is wrong.

C.) The death penalty and why it should be abolished.

D.) In the United States, many people have been proven innocent after they were executed.

2,) Which of the following choices describes the function of a thesis statement?

A.) it should clearly express the author's main idea

B.) it should communicate the purpose of the essay

C.) it should be clearly worded

D.) All of the above are correct

Alex barely reached the airport to catch his flight. but a minute later, he found that his passport was missing. he let out a loud groan and picked up his dropped luggage. as he walked through the airport exit, he saw his airplane soaring into the sky. the passage is in third-person point of view, which is revealed through the use of the subject, alex, and the use of the pronouns he and his. think about how much distance the narrator maintains toward the character. what type of third-person point of view is used? a; third-person limited b; third-person objective c; third-person omniscient

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a.to show where the shoes came from b.to show how valuable the shoes were c.to reveal why stanley was arrested d.to give background on the homeless shelter

You make a necklace using blue.purple and green beads in aratio of 1: 1: 2.you use atotal of 168 beads. how many green beads are in the necklace