Which serves as the best thesis for a persuasive essay about the benefits of youth sports? a) what do you think about the benefits of youth sports? b) youth sports are controversial, as some people think they push kids to injury and take time away from more important things. c) youth sports, though controversial to some, give kids a chance to grow physically and to learn about hard work and commitment. d) youth sports can include soccer, lacrosse, track and field, football, basketball, softball, field hockey, and just about any other sport that adults play as well.

It was said that my new york license plates would arouse interest and perhaps questions, since they were the only outward identifying marks i had. and so they did – perhaps twenty or thirty times in the whole trip. but such contacts followed an invariable pattern, somewhat as follows: local man: “new york, huh? ” me: "yep." local man: “i was there in nineteen thirty-eight – or was it thirty-nine? alice, was it thirty-eight or thirty-nine we went to new york? " alice: "it was thirty-six. i remember because it was the year alfred died.” local man: "anyway, i hated it. wouldn't live there if you paid me.” what is the purpose of this conversation in travels with charley? to show that most people in the united states hate new york to show that most people in the united states visit new york to show that most people do not treat the author differently because he is from new york to show that being from new york disrupts the author’s relationships with the people he meets

Patrick bought 7.5 pounds of frozen shrimp. the shrimp is sold in 1.5 pound packages. how many packages of shrimp did patrick buy?

Missus a. having been sent b. going to send c. having sent d. sending