#3: Directions: Read the paragraph and answer the question. (1) Female astronauts, lawyers, and legislators are examples of the increasing number of women in leadership roles today. (2) Margaret Thatcher, Maya Angelou, Janet Reno, and Rita Moreno achieved great success in their fields. (3) In developing nations, women are particularly needed because much work must be done. (4) The contributions of women are essential in the process of finding solutions to the world’s problems. Select the correct answer. Which numbered sentence is the topic sentence? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

In the excerpt, what does turner not fully understand because he is a child? the value of lizzie’s friendship the deeper racial conflict the severe danger he is facing the history of malaga island

What does the line rage, rage against the dying of the light from the poem "do not go gentle into that good night" have in common with the line ride the six hundred from the poem "the change of the light brigade? "a. they end each stanzab. they are repetitious linesc. they end a sestetd. they begin an octave

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder.when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information.the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.