What is the function of a claim in an argument?
to introduce the topic
to state the writer's opinion
to state a reason for the writer's belief
to give evidence supporting the writer's belief

In the story "a very old man with enormous wings", why does the young girl get changed into a spider?

Prompt: read the letter to the editor "i, too, have a dream." how does the writer use structure and language to persuade her readers and support her feelings about immigration? write an essay using evidence from the letter to answer the question.

This summer, stretched on well into fall, yielded a rich crop a. which b. itself c. whose d. those