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i doubt we will ever truly know whether dragons existed. there may always be two sides to the fiery debate. some will say the stories come from active imaginations. some will believe with all their hearts that the legendary creatures roamed our ancient world. i don't know for certain which side to believe, but the sound and fury of a night like this makes me smile. it rekindles my childhood dreams and keeps the exciting possibility alive.

in paragraph 5, the author discusses two sides to the dragon debate. which statement best summarizes the ideas in the paragraph?

a.)the author implicitly states that she believes that dragons once existed.

b.) the author explicitly states that she believes that dragons once existed.

c.)the author explicitly states that she believes that dragons did not exist

Media project total score: of 100 points during the next several lessons you will create a media project about a place that is important to you, such as the place where you live. your teacher will score your assignment using the media project grading rubric. look at the rubric yourself so that you know how your assignment will be scored. you may create your project using a word processing presentation program or a slide program such as powerpoint®. include a title slide, two or three content slides, and a sources slide that contains the urls of your online sources. save the document to your computer with your name at the end of the filename (e.g., ng_ela 9-10_w_11_ga alice_jones). submit that document to your teacher for grading refer to the media project assignment document and follow the steps to complete the assignment. when you have finished, submit the assignment document to your teacher for grading.