Question: Which represents a theme of the passage?

Answer Choices:

A. Our pleasures are often gained through the pain of others.

B. sorrow versus pleasure

C. A mother lost her son, and her tears provide the water for the fountain.

D. pain and pleasure

Based on structural elements what type of expository text does this excerpt from a 1917 congressional address by president woodrow wilson exemplify

[1] on her way home from practice, rebekka found a gold man’s watch. [2] she wasn’t sure what to do. [3] there was no name engraved on the back. [4] looking at the gold links on the band, the watch seemed to rebekka to be expensive. [5] she felt badly that someone had lost such a nice watch. what is the best revision of the troublesome modifier in sentence 5?

When a progressive tense is used in the independent clause, the dependent clause typically uses the tense.simple pastsimple presentprogressive pastprogressive prersent