Draft a thesis statement that fully responds to the writing prompt. You may refer to the steps and methods in the Checklist section as a guide while you write your thesis statement. Writing Prompt: Margaret Atwood once said, “War is what happens when language fails.” Is this quote true, in your experience? What disagreements or conflicts have occurred because language failed? Cite evidence from at least one text (Night or Julius Caesar) and from one real-world situation in your response.

Makes an argumentative assertion about a topic; it states the conclusions that you have reached about your topic.

Makes a promise to the reader about the scope, purpose, and direction of your paper.

Is focused and specific enough to be “proven” within the boundaries of your paper.

Is generally located near the end of the introduction; sometimes, in a long paper, the thesis will be expressed in several sentences or in an entire paragraph.

Identifies the relationships between the pieces of evidence that you are using to support your argument.

Explanation:

answer:

a. "there, said he, there is something for you."

explanation:

"said he" should not have been part of what is in the dialogue.

it is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. the exposition will often have information about events that happened before the story began. the exposition is often the very first part of the plot.