Question 2 of 5 Which sentence from this body paragraph of an informational essay is most clearly the concluding sentence? (1) The most obvious way The Hobbit communicates the theme that one can never go home again is the scene of Bilbo's return to Hobbiton. After all he has gone through with Gandalf and the dwarves, he arrives to find his furniture mostly auctioned off. (2) Moreover, "Bilbo's cousins, the Sackville-Bagginses were, in fact, busy measuring his rooms to see if their own furniture would fit" (274). (3) Bilbo wanted nothing more than to return home, but his home had completely changed in the time he was gone. (4) This shows in a literal way that a person can never truly return home. J. R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937), 274.

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

1. according to mla citation style rules, when citing a book by more than one author, the authors' names should a. be listed alphabetically by first name. b. be listed alphabetically by last name. c. be listed in the order in which they appear on the title page. d. follow the title of the book. 2.which of the following items is not necessary to include in summary notes? a. all the information that is relevant to your topic and purpose b. complete publication information c. the time and date you read the source material d. specific examples 3. which of the following is not an objective of synthesizing sources? a. reviewing key ideas on a topic b. combining opinions and general statements c. exploring different points of view d. understanding the topic in depth 4.when punctuating quotations, commas and are placed inside the quotation marks. a. semicolons b. periods c. colons d. page numbers in parentheses 5. in academic writing, why would you prefer to rely on information from scholarly journals rather than magazines? a. authors in scholarly journals are generally specialists in their field. b. magazines use every-day experiences and discuss popular topics. c. scholarly journals never include visuals. d. scholarly journals are more difficult to find, and therefore more valuable. 6.when punctuating direct quotations, use a after the verb that introduces the quotation. a. comma b. dash c. colon d. seimicolon

Which statement is true about the theme of a short story? a. the theme is directly stated in the story. b. the theme is the message the author wants to convey. c. the theme is the purpose of the story. d. the theme is the same as the subject of the story.