(1) the editorial "adoption is the only choice” and the news article "animal shelters overpopulated” both discuss the same topic, but they serve different purposes. (2) federalists believed that a strong central government would ensure popular sovereignty and individuals' rights. (3) despite the obstacles facing african americans in the early 1900s, paul r. williams became a prominent los angeles architect and community leader. (4) australia's geological age can be seen in several surface features, including the age of surface rocks, the erosion of surface features, and the impoverishment of the soil. which thesis statement best introduces a comparative essay? the first statement, because the essay will compare ideas that are similar but treated differently the second statement, because the essay will compare and contrast federalists with anti-federalists the third statement, because the essay will compare williams’s work as an architect with his work as a community leader the fourth statement, because the essay will compare different geological surface features in australia