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read the rough-draft paragraph.
which topic sentence should be added to this body
paragraph?
more than likely, fellow volunteers will have many common
interests and ideals. after all, volunteers usually seek
opportunities to use their time and talents for issues they
care about, and this is often a good starting point for many
friendships. as co-volunteers, hours will be spent together
learning from one another and inspiring each other while
working to achieve a common goal. teaming up with others
to solve community problems and making changes for the
better, not surprisingly, often leads to long-lasting bonds.
local community programs provide opportunities for
volunteers to share their expertise.
volunteering for local community programs enables
people to establish new friendships.
acquaintances made while volunteering for a project are
rarely continued beyond the project's conclusion.
every community has programs that will gladly accept
the services of enthusiastic volunteers.

Andy bernard laughed at my joke, spitting out his water. complete thought incomplete thought

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings

Read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.” which element of gothic literature is not obvious in this passage? as if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell, the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony jaws. it was the work of the rushing gust—but then without those doors there did stand the lofty and enshrouded figure of the lady madeline of usher. there was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame. for a moment she remained trembling and reeling to and fro upon the threshold—then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated. bleak or remote settings supernatural or otherworldly elements macabre or violent incidents strong language full of dangerous meaning