Your teacher has asked you to write a narrative essay about an experience with earworms. Which of these is the appropriate and effective introduction for a narrative essay on this topic?

A) Everyone gets a song stuck in their head sometimes. You could be at the gas station or sitting at home and suddenly have music playing in your head. Earworms can strike at any time, but especially when you’re feeling stressed. The best way to avoid them is to try be as calm and peaceful as possible.
B) I have never experienced having a song stuck inside my head, so I must be one of the two percent of the population that does not experience earworms. I cannot recall a time when I have ever had a song stuck in my head that totally distracted me. Sometimes I have a song in my head, but it’s never really a problem.
C) I was sitting in class preparing to take my calculus final when it suddenly invaded my brain. That song that had been playing nonstop on the radio was now repeating in my head. It wasn’t even the whole song playing—just that catchy chorus. As the teacher handed out our tests, I wondered how I would be able to concentrate with the deafening music inside my skull.
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D) Bethany doesn’t have problems with earworms anymore. After years of suffering, she’s finally found a way to get rid of them. Bethany explained that the best way to get rid of the earworm is to let it invade your mind. If you tell yourself not to think about, you probably will start focusing on it anyway. The best thing to do is enjoy the music for a little while and it will eventually go away on its own.

An expository essay instructs, provides information, or explains. in this essay, you are presenting information and explaining why you think the ideas and work of the individual you chose had an effect on european thought. but before you begin writing the essay, you need to organize the information you’ve gathered by creating an outline. directions: your taking notes sheet should have you identify and organize the information you found while doing your research. now it is time to create an outline to organize the information in the way you will present it in your essay. you may decide not to use all the information you gathered, but be sure you do not leave out anything that you believe is important to support your thesis. your essay should include an introductory paragraph, supporting paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. each paragraph should cover one main topic and should correspond to a roman numeral (i., ii., iii.) on the outline. the main topics should cover: the person’s accomplishment and contributions, and the effect of his or her accomplishments or contributions on european thought. write a topic sentence for each paragraph of your essay. be sure it tells the reader what the section will be about and how the information relates to your thesis statement. your topic sentence for the introductory paragraph might say something like “johannes gutenberg’s invention changed the way people communicated.” a topic sentence for the second paragraph—the first main topic—might be something like "gutenberg’s printing press changed the way books were produced and the way knowledge was communicated.” decide which pieces of information you will use to support your topic sentences. (these ideas or groups of facts are called subtopics.) subtopics follow capital letters and periods (a., b., and c.) on your outline. add this information beneath your topic sentence. you can further divide subtopics into specific facts. in an outline, specific facts follow arabic numerals and periods (1. 2. 3. 4.) end your outline and essay with a concluding paragraph. write a concluding paragraph that summarizes the main ideas of your essay and restates your thesis statement in some way. write no more than four or five sentences. worth 241 points

Which excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich reflects the author's opinion that the members of the medical profession don't really care about their patients?

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