“Critics view Carl Sandburg’s poem ‘The Fog’ as an attempt at viewing beauty in the most uncommon settings with the aid of symbolism and imagery.” Can this be treated as a strong thesis statement? A.
Yes, it is an arguable claim that can be substantiated.
B.
Yes, it refers to reliable sources like critics.
C.
No, it is a declarative sentence instead of a question.
D.
No, it is an opinion attributed to critics.

Should be used when you want to make abstract ideas more concrete, and can be both real and hypothetical. be sure they are credible and relevant to your topic. a. examples b. narrations c. testimonies d. statistics

"the only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. they were both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house."

Read the excerpt from "the crab that played with the sea." now, while the two were talking together, pau amma the crab, who was next in the game, scuttled off sideways and stepped into the sea, saying to himself, ‘i will play my play alone in the deep waters, and i will never be obedient to this son of adam.' nobody saw him go away except the little girl-daughter where she leaned on the man's shoulder. and the play went on till there were no more animals left without orders; and the eldest magician wiped the fine dust off his hands and walked about the world to see how the animals were playing. which conclusion about pau amma does this excerpt support? he likes swimming. he is afraid of humans. he thinks he is better than other animals. he enjoys spending time with other animals.