Which of the following is not a possible purpose or goal of a compare-and-contrast essay.
a. comparing and contrasting all the characteristics of a single object or thing
b. describing a group of related things to reader
c. convincing a reader to value one thing over another
d. revealing some things about each item discussed

Amy tried to write her essay but she was distracted by the phone ring the sentence above combines a. an independent clayse and a dependent clause b. two independent clauses c. a dependent clause d. none if the above

Where sarah live? a. are b. is c. do d. does

Imagine you are reading a story about a character named dray. dray is captain of the basketball team and practices for hours after school in order to achieve his goals of playing in the nba. one day, dray decides that he hates basketball. he quits the team and takes up knitting instead. what is the introduction of this new plot point is an example of a. an anticlimaxb. a conclusionc. a contrivanced. a climax