Writing a novel is hard work. not only is the act of writing difficult, but there are many different rules to master. some rules include writing dialogue, learning to write in scenes, and developing characterization and plot. once a writer masters, or at least learns, those rules, he or she can then use them as a foundation when working on a novel.
which is the main idea of this paragraph?

there are many different rules to master when writing a novel.
once a writer learns the various fiction techniques, he or she can use them as a foundation to write.
writing a novel is hard work.
a writer needs to master writing dialogue, scenes, characterization, and plot.

In twelve years a slave, when the passengers on the ship learn robert has smallpox, what is their reaction? “panic-stricken” “indifferent” “relieved” “oppressed”

If the story "two kinds " has been told through suyuan's point of view, what type of narration would be appropriate

Which two parts of this excerpt from mary shelley’s frankenstein reveals information about the setting? (it was on a dreary night of november that i beheld the accomplishment of my toils.) with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, (i collected the instruments of life around me, that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out) when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (how can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe), or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care i had endeavored to form? his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful. beautiful! great god! (his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; ) but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.