Question 8 (4 points)
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Imagine that you are writing an essay with the following thesis:"Anyone driving through Pompton Clewes, a subdivision in Claxton County, could tell that the residents were wealthy."

Next you write a series of sentences in support of your thesis:
(a) Bushes pruned in the shapes of flamingoes, baseball players, and dollar signs--topiary art--could be spotted poolside.
(b) No house that we saw had room for fewer than seven bedrooms--or, perhaps, four bedrooms, an office, a queen-sized bathroom, and a sauna.
(c) The houses were designed for maximum space and luxury.
(d) Lawns were green and weed-free, like self-renewing wall-to-wall carpets.
(e) Huge bay windows displayed grand pianos and the shining, hand-wrought banisters of spiral staircases.
(f) Yards clearly enjoyed the care of professional gardeners.

All of these sentences would support your thesis logically. But two of them are broader than the others and could act as topic sentences for paragraphs in which the more specific, concrete details might be used as support. Which of the sentences in the list would make logical topic sentences for the two supporting paragraphs?
Question 8 options:

a)

A and D

b)

C and F

c)

A and B

d)

C and E

e)

E and F

f)

D and F

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next