A student is writing a paper about Benjamin Franklin’s contributions to science. Which example should the student add to best develop this topic?

a Franklin created the first political cartoon ever to be published in the United States.

b Franklin established the Union Fire Company, which was the first volunteer firefighting organization in the colonies.

c Franklin served on a committee of five people who worked together to write the U. S. Declaration of Independence.

d Franklin invented the lightning rod to study electricity and help find ways to protect people and structures from lightning.

Read the excerpt from "object lesson, part 2." "no sign of the original envelope? " "no." "i found two boys with bills — in each case a single, too. david strager and joey buell. no envelope." louise's brows met. ellery glanced up at the clock. 9: 07. he strolled over to her. "don't show them you're worried. there's nothing to worry about. we have twenty-eight minutes." he raised his voice, smiling. which statement explains the inference ellery makes and why he makes it? he infers that miss carpenter thinks they are not going to find the thief because he sees her facial expression. he infers that it will take twenty-eight more minutes to find the missing money because that is all the time he has. he infers that the original envelope will not be found because neither david strager nor joey buell has it. he infers that david strager and joey buell took the money because they each have a dollar bill.

In at least one hundred words discuss how the theme of universality is expressed in out town

The most compelling and effective messages contain a variety of sentence patterns and avoid common sentence faults. you can create successful messages with sentence variety by understanding the four sentence types, controlling the length of your sentences, and avoiding fragments, run-ons, and comma splices. identify the correct pattern of a complex sentence. an independent clause and a dependent clause one independent clause with a subject and a predicate verb two independent clauses joined by a conjunction, a semicolon, or a conjunctive adverb