Tommy has been elected to the school's student council. Since the council's meetings are formal, Tommy must follow a few rules when he attends. First, if he would like to share ideas, he needs to bring organized notes. Also, he should listen as others speak and take notes on their ideas. Tommy knows that in a formal discussion, you must be acknowledged before speaking. If Tommy follows these rules, he can learn and share more effectively. Choose the sentence that BEST summarizes the story.

Out of the passage the summarizing sentence is

Tommy knows that in a formal discussion, you must be acknowledged before speaking

Explanation:

The sentence talks about the formal manners that Tommy must be following as he is now elected into the students' council for the school which is an administrative position among the students.

He must follow the rules of a fruitful discussion so as to be acknowledged as a viable part of the group and have his voice heard among his peers in the council that he is elected to.

The passage goes into the descriptions of such manners that it is necessary to learn.

third person

explanation:

note the usage of names and pronouns, "james" & "the old man". this alone can confirm it as third person, as first person uses "i" and the like, while second person uses "you" and the like.

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in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.