How can a reader trace how an author develops a central idea throughout a text? Check all that apply. by looking for the denotative and the connotative meanings of the author’s words by determining the central idea of each paragraph by identifying the most important details used to support the central idea of each paragraph by analyzing how the author uses context to convey the central idea in each paragraph by summarizing the central idea and key details of each paragraph in a single sentence by finding the common element among the central ideas throughout the text

Which of the following resources would best you to correct an awkward sentence structure? a) writing fiction: a guide to narrative craft b) story trumps structure: how to write unforgettable fiction by breaking the rules c) artful sentences d) the artist’s way

Which statement best expresses the meaning of these lines from “the courage that my mother had”? that courage like a rock, which she / has no more need of, and i have. a. the speaker equates her mother's courage with a rock. b. the speaker needs the kind of courage her mother showed. c. the speaker realizes her mother no longer needs courage d. the speaker realizes her mother found courage in rocks.

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a.to show where the shoes came from b.to show how valuable the shoes were c.to reveal why stanley was arrested d.to give background on the homeless shelter