1) To erase or not to erase? (2) That is the question in many students’ minds after they've penciled in one of those small circles in multiple-choice tests. (3) Folk wisdom has long held that when answering questions on such tests—or on any test—you should trust your first instincts. (4) However, a research instructor has found that students who change answers they’re unsure of usually improve their scores. (5) The instructor spent three years compiling and analyzing college students’ tests, watching for telltale erasure marks, which would indicate that the student had, indeed, revised his or her answer. (6) What the instructor found was that revised answers were two-and-a-half times as likely to go from wrong to right as vice-versa. (7) This statistic held up even across such variables as sex, age, and race; the subject matter of the tests studied also proved not to be a factor.

Read this sentence from "the wife's lament

Read the excerpts from the land. [willie] turned to my daddy. "it's my boy mitchell done this, mister edward, and i know there ain't no way t' make it up t' ya if this here horse don't heal right, but i jus' 'bout t' put a strap t' mitchell my own self 'bout what he done. i'm gonna put a strap t' him right now, matter of fact! " with that said, he positioned his whip and turned toward mitchell. *** my daddy stopped and looked at me. "no," he said. "i'm not going to whip you, paul. no, your punishment is that you'll never get to ride ghost wind again. i figure you'll remember that a whole lot longer than a whipping. you won't ride any of the other horses either, including the appaloosa, until i say so." which statement about willie’s and mister edward’s reactions is true? both men believe that their sons should be held accountable for their behavior. both men believe that their sons need to learn to handle horses properly. both men believe that their sons will likely harm the horses if they ride them. both men believe that their sons have permanently injured ghost wind

How is the freytag's pyramid not related to the conclusion of the story? a) according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the conclusion of the story. b)according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the climax. c)according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the introductory material. d)according to freytag's pyramid, the exposition consists of the falling action of the story.