1. Your statement should be located
at the beginning of your written work.
a concluding
b introduction
c thesis

2. The thesis is used to communicate the __ ___.
a main points
b supporting details
c personal examples

3. In the video, the speaker compares a
thesis statement to a
a road map
b city road
c water slide

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.