Read the following excerpt from an essay. the sentences are numbered to you respond to the question that follows. (1) after sean was arrested for breaking into a pawnshop, i began to wonder. (2) why did some kids from my neighborhood end up in trouble while most of us didn't? (3) i started out with a question: what causes young people to make bad choices? (4) now, after two years of research, i've arrived at the conclusion that there is no simple answer. (5) there is no one reason why good kids go bad, but there are typical reasons. (6) according to my research, teenagers are most likely to get into trouble if they hang out with a bad crowd. (7) that's because people learn their values from the people they associate with. (8) so a very big reason for bad behavior is imitating one's peers. (9) but there are other important factors as well. (10) kids who get in trouble are often school dropouts. (11) also, kids being raised by a single mother are more likely to get in trouble than kids raised in an intact family. (12) substance abuse also plays a role, especially when it comes to alcohol and legal or illegal drugs. in which sentence or sentences do you find the thesis statement in this excerpt? a. 2 b. 5 c. 3 d. 4 and 5

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The following question refers to “the philosophy of composition” by edgar allan poe and on writing by stephen king. what is a key difference in the use of details in the texts? poe’s essay is dominated by facts, while king’s memoir is dominated by images and examples. poe references numerous authors and literary works, while king does not reference any other authors or literary works. poe includes a list of all the poems he has written, while king includes a list of all the books he has written. poe’s essay is full of personal details about his wife and children, while king’s memoir is filled with details about his pets.

Read this paragraph from chapter 5 of the prince. there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its laws, and did not succeed. so to hold it they were compelled to dismantle many cities in the country, for in truth there is no safe way to retain them otherwise than by ruining them. and he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget. and whatever you may do or provide against, they never forget that name or their privileges unless they are disunited or dispersed, but at every chance they immediately rally to them, as pisa after the hundred years she had been held in bondage by the florentines. what idea is stressed in the passage? the desire for liberty the establishment of an oligarchy the dismantling of an acquired state the tendency toward rebellion