According to the narrator in Paragraph 30 of "The Open
Boat," the thought of the gull
landing on the captain's head
seemed to the crew to be
A. gruesome and ominous.
B. a sign of disrespect.
C. the last straw of debasement for a man
who was already down.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

(3x2 + 8) (x – 5)

step-by-step explanation:

verify this answer by multiplying out the parens:

which is the same as the original form of the polynomial

it would be d because the however is more proper and the comma is placed in the right spot

in railroad songs, workers swung their hammers during the offbeat. work songs combined with traditional musical and lyrical forms, such as hymns and ballads, to create spirituals, the blues, and other jazz styles. this blending of old and new can be seen when comparing the lyrics to the traditional irish song "lass of roch royal" and the blues song "the deal."

as work songs and other forms of jazz developed, jazz music spread across the united states. for example, a jazz style known as dixieland went from new orleans to chicago by means of the famous trumpet player louis armstrong. the original dixieland band developed out of armstrong's influence and, in the early 1920s, moved to new york city. once jazz reached new york, especially harlem, its development