Choose the topic sentence that best fits the paragraph below. Scientists studied people who learned the new skill of
juggling. The juggling practice did help the brain grow
larger, but it shrank back to normal once the person
finished practicing the new skill. It seems that the brain
both grows and shrinks with the learning of a new skill.
A. Learning too many skills may cause the brain to grow to a larger
size than what is considered healthy by doctors.
B. Juggling is a difficult skill to learn for people of all ages.
C. There are many ways to grow the brain, but only some of these
methods cause permanent growth.
D. Studies show that even though the brain grows during a learning
process, it shrinks back to normal once the process is over.

How are poe’s ideas of daytime similar in the final stanzas of "dreams" and "a dream"? a. both poems suggest that daytime offers the possibility for love. b. both poems insist that nature’s strength is overwhelming during the day. c. both poems indicate that daytime is the preferred time to dream. d. both poems suggest that daytime realities are inferior to dreams.

Read this excerpt from leah missbach day's foreword to wheels of change.bicycles have long played a role in my life. as a young woman, i rode one year-round before i had a car. but it was later in adulthood that the bicycle became more than a source of transportation for me. the bicycle actually began to truly shape the way i saw the world.what is the author's purpose for including this in the foreword?

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.