Part A What is a theme of “Stray”?

A Children should be willing to do what is needed for their family.

B Sometimes it is important to put emotions first.

C Parents should try to give their children want they want.

D Every person has a certain role to play in his or her family.

Part B

Which evidence from “Stray” best supports the answer to Part A?

A “‘I wouldn’t leave an ant in that place,’ he said. ‘So I brought the dog back.’”

B “Her parents glanced at each other and went on eating.”

C “‘You know we can’t afford a dog, Doris. You try to act more grown-up about this.’”

D “She smiled at them, but they continued to ignore her.”

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.

lemme actually be useful and say i believe the answer is the first one.

gerund phrase: giving more than a person needs.

noun use: predicate noun.