An effective thesis statement does all of the following except a. state the topic of the essay clearly. b. provide a strong focus for the topic. c. announce the subject of the essay. d. define the limited subject of the essay.

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B; provide a strong focus for the topic

Explanation: This answer is correct because when writing a paper, your thesis statement goes in the first paragraph/introduction but your thesis statement should only give your audience a general understanding of what you will discuss, and then further into the paper you would further analyze the broad topic and break it down into your "strong focus"

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the servant does not kill the child oedipus as he was ordered to do because "he pitied the child" based on the oedipus rex story. the servant was ordered to kill the child because of the prophecy that predicted king laius' death. the king already had attempted to hurt oedipus by piercing oedipus's ankle. however, the servant did not finish the job and he rather saved the baby oedipus.

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