Read this introductory paragraph of a research paper. which sentence contains the author’s thesis statement? when i was born, it was just my mother and me. my mother worked very hard and was able to climb the corporate ladder to get where she is today. because of this, she spent a lot of time traveling to places all over the world. sometimes she took me with her, but when she couldn’t i spent a lot of time with my grandparents and my aunt peggy. it may sound like the opposite of the ideal childhood, but my travels with my mother taught me about other cultures and opened my eyes to those around me.

One element of lyric poetry is personal reflection. which lines in this poem most clearly illustrate that element? i wandered lonely as a cloudby william wordsworthi wandered lonely as a cloudthat floats on high o'er vales and hills,when all at once i saw a crowd,a host, of golden daffodils; beside the lake, beneath the trees,fluttering and dancing in the breeze.continuous as the stars that shineand twinkle on the milky way.they stretched in never-ending linealong the margin of a bay: ten thousand saw i at a glance,tossing their heads in sprightly dance.the waves beside them danced; but theyout-did the sparkling waves in glee: a poet could not but be gay.in such a jocund company: i gazed and gazed—but little thoughtwhat wealth the show to me had brought: for oft, when on my couch i liein vacant or in pensive mood,they flash upon that inward eyewhich is the bliss of solitude; and then my heart with pleasure fills,and dances with the daffodils.