5 1. RL.2 PART A: Which statement identifies the central theme of the text? A. Teachers create change more valuable than the worth of their paycheck. B. The more someone makes, the more valuable their career is to the world. C. The money teachers make is fair for what their jobs require them to do. D. Teachers are grossly underpaid and should make more for all the hard work they do

Which of the following sentences most clearly uses topical organization? a. do you have problems with mosquitoes and gnats? fabulous exterminators can ! b. we've gathered at this conference to discuss three things: poverty, war, and disease. c. killer bees have spread up from south america into mexico and the united states. d. first, gather all the painting supplies you need. next, lay them out on a work bench.

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

Which organizational method does your reading material suggest is particularlyuseful when writing about a place? of importancecause → effect