Which statement best paraphrases the controlling idea in this introduction paragraph?

On average, 28 percent of passengers on an elementary school bus are in kindergarten or first grade. Most bus drivers allow these
students to sit anywhere they like, but I think this makes no sense. These kids are so little that it's hard for drivers to see them in the back of the bus. Plus, they should be sitting with kids their own age and not older students. In my opinion, kindergarten and first-grade students should all be required to sit near the front of the bus.

A. School bus drivers have a hard time seeing small children who sit near the back of the bus.

B. School bus passengers should be more considerate of younger kids by helping them get on and off with their backpacks

C. School bus drivers should require the youngest passengers to sit at the front of the bus.

D. When kindergarten and first grade students ride the school bus, they should sit with their siblings.

Which statement best explains the relationship between the gothic genre and the characterization in the passage? o the characterization of mr. hyde contrasts with the gloomy setting that is typical of gothic fiction. o the characterization of mr. hyde reflects the preoccupation with confined spaces in gothic fiction the characterization of mr. hyde create the cheerful mood that is typical of gothic fiction. the characterization of mr. hyde reflects the focus on horror and strong emotions in gothic fiction.

Which of the following describes the structure of this excerpt best? a.free verse b.sonnet c.ballad d.blank verse

Hurry i am on the semester test which theme is evident in this excerpt from robert frost's "mending wall"? but at spring mending-time we find them there. i let my neighbor know beyond the hill; and on a day we meet to walk the line and set the wall between us once again. we keep the wall between us as we go. to each the boulders that have fallen to each. and some are loaves and some so nearly balls we have to use a spell to make them balance: "stay where you are until our backs are turned! " we wear our fingers rough with handling them. oh, just another kind of out-door game, one on a side. it comes to little more: there where it is we do not need the wall: he is all pine and i am apple orchard. my apple trees will never get across and eat the cones under his pines, i tell him. he only says, “good fences make good neighbors." spring is the mischief in me, and i wonder if i could put a notion in his head: "why do they make good neighbors? isn't it where there are cows? but here there are no cows. before i built a wall i'd ask to know what i was walling in or walling out, and to whom i was like to give offence. . " a. the human desire for material gain b. the influence of financial constraints c. the positive effects of friendship d. the uncertain nature of human relations e. the futility of human yearning