Read the paragraph. . Writing science fiction lets an author think about what society might be like in the future. Will cars fly? Maybe robots will teach school? Writing a fantasy story lets an author be imaginative as well. The fantasy author can invent talking animals that live in magical worlds.

Which is best as a topic sentence at the beginning of the paragraph?

A science fiction writer might invent new technologies that do not yet exist.
On the other hand, fantasy writers make up things that never exist in reality.
Science fiction and fantasy are genres that allow authors to be imaginative.
Both genres give authors the opportunity to create new worlds with words.

The speaker in the “to a mouse” regrets that the mouse runs away so fast because the

Read the excerpt from a supporting opinion of the supreme court’s ruling in plessy v. ferguson, 1896. laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. how does this relate to the premises of brown v. board of education? the brown case addresses whether state legislatures are equipped to judge the quality of education offered at segregated schools. the brown case addresses whether authorities believe that one race is inferior to another when creating public schools. the brown case addresses whether these laws inherently deny certain citizens equal protection under the law. the brown case addresses the legality of using police power to monitor public places separated by race.

Which sentence uses the simple present tense of sleep? mr. ford sleeping on a feather mattress in his apartment. mr. ford will sleep on a feather mattress in his apartment. mr. ford sleeps on a feather mattress in his apartment. mr. ford slept on a feather mattress in his apartment.