Joel is writing an essay on the use of wind power. Read the first paragraph of his essay. (1) Wind farms are becoming more and more common in the United States. (2) By harnessing the power of wind, we can reduce our use of fossil fuels. (3) Wind power is the most important invention of the last century. (4) Wind power can reduce pollution and help our environment. Which sentence in this paragraph should be removed because of its use of hyperbole? sentence 1 sentence 2 sentence 3 sentence 4

Read this passage: i think of you daily, my darling, especially when it’s dark and the other men in the foxhole become silent. i like to pretend that the gunfire is a fireworks display and that you are here with me to enjoy it. who is the intended audience for this passage? a. the writers girlfriend at home b. the writers fellow soldiers c. the writers mother and father d. the writers commanding officer

Excerpt from saving the thrift store: a dramalee washington2rosa: eddie, i don’t recognize the shirt you’re wearing. when did you get it? 3louis: it doesn’t look as disheveled as the soccer shirts you wear all the time.4eddie: well, i’m not going to tiptoe through the soccer field to keep my clothes neat. (louis playfully aims a soccer ball at eddie. rosa deflects it.)5rosa: what i was trying to say is that the shirt looks really good. (louis wanders over to the morning newspaper that is still sitting on the front lawn. he leafs through it while eddie and rosa talk.) in line 5, which point is rosa making when she says eddie’s shirt looks good? a) the store must have new merchandise. b) rosa is jealous of eddie’s new shirt. c) eddie must have done his own laundry. d) eddie often wears old, tattered shirts.

1. which of the following is a method to brainstorm for compare-and-contrast topic ideas? drafting outlining freewriting revising