Your English teacher says that you need to write on anything within the broad topic of "complex processes." Reference the flow chart to narrow down this huge topic to something that could be discussed in a four- to six-page paper. Write a paragraph of at least 125 words stating your final choice for a topic. Be sure to mention why you think your topic is suitable given the audience, purpose, and occasion of the composition that you would write.

Listening is also important because you spend more time listening than participating in any other communication activity. in fact, you spend more time listening to others than doing almost anything else. typical americans spend more than 80 percent of any average day communicating with other people l. they spend 45 percent of that communication time listening to others. which sentence states the main idea?

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.

What is the source of tension in this excerpt? ellery searching everything insects filling the light fixtures ellery standing on the desks louise carpenter whispering