Read the story summary below. reynaldo is the mastermind behind a plot to rob a museum. he knows that he and his crew must overcome multiple obstacles, including video cameras, automated lockdown, and a high-tech security system. he kidnaps a well-known whiz at technology and forces her to disengage the security so he can take the treasured art. she does as she is told, in fear for her life, but, at the last moment, traps reynaldo and his crew in the museum for the police to arrest. jake writes an essay to analyze how the new rendition of traditional roles affects the meaning of the story. which thesis statement would work best for his essay? a. by facing obstacles in the only way he sees possible, reynaldo shows the ingenuity of a traditional hero. b. by trusting someone other than himself to overcome the traditional obstacles, reynaldo sets himself up for failure. c. by taking on the role of thief, reynaldo sacrifices his integrity and any hopes of becoming a traditional hero. d. by forcing someone to overcome obstacles meant for him, reynaldo loses his position as hero and becomes the villain.

Which sources would be most appropriate for an essay that focuses on how technology has affected the development of english? check all that apply. an anthology of old and middle english literature u "colonialism and the influence of french on english" the effects of the printing press on language "how computers are changing the way we speak, write, and think" influential writers of the eighteenth century "lol: the influence of text messaging on spoken english"

Select the correct text in the passage. which sentence in this excerpt from abraham lincoln's second inaugural address conveys that he wanted the us civil war to end as soon as possible? neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. both read the same bible and pray to the same god, and each invokes his aid against the other. it may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just inging their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. the prayers of both could not be answered. that of neither has been answered fully. the almighty has his own purposes. "woe unto the world because of offenses, for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh" if we shall suppose that american slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of god, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both north and south this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living god always ascribe to him? fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. yet, if god wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the lord are true and righteous altogether." reset next

Read the sentence.what is the verb tense and aspect? susan will be working as a camp counselor this summer.oofuture progressivefuture perfectsimple futurepresent progressiveo