Which of the following statements is correct?
a. a topic sentence should state what you want to say about the overall topic.
b. the thesis statement belongs at the bottom of the pyramidal writing structure, while topic sentences belong at the top.
c. a topic sentence is typically placed at the end of the first paragraph.
d. supporting sentences should "prop up" a topic sentence, while topic sentences should relate to the thesis statement.

Nthis excerpt from act v of shakespeare's romeo and juliet, friar laurence's letter to romeo is not delivered due to circumstances beyond his control. what is the conflict in the scene?

Which line in this excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald contains a simile? about half way between west egg and new york the motor-road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. this is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.

Critical reading what do you think keats means in these lines from "when i have fears that i may cease to be"? i may never live to trace / their shadows, with the magic hand of chance a. i may never live to paint pictures of them. b. i may never have a chance to look at them again. c. i may never leave the shadows as long as i live. d. i may never live to write about them. select the best answer from the choices provided