Which statement best evaluates whether the narrative has a clearly defined focus?
The days were getting shorter, and the air felt cooler already. Ginger
wondered if she would have time to finish her report during study hall.
Just then, Shawn and Noah walked by and waved. She was probably
the only one who remembered the day Shawn had accidentally locked
himself out of his house. Why couldn't people be nicer?
A. The narrative has a clearly defined focus on the difficulties of
junior high school
B. The narrative has a clearly defined focus on the changes that
come in the fall.
O C. The narrative has a clearly defined focus on Shawn and Noah's
friendship
D. The narrative does not have a clearly defined focus

(1) fire extended humans’ geographical boundaries by allowing them to travel into regions that were previously too cold to explore. (2) it also kept predators away, allowing early humans to sleep securely. (3) fire, in fact, has been a significant factor in human development and progress in many ways. (4) other obvious benefits of fire are its uses in cooking and in hunting. (5) probably even more important, however, is that learning to control fire allowed people to change the very rhythm of their lives. (6) before fire, the human daily cycle coincided with the rising and setting of the sun. (7) with fire, though, humans gained time to think and talk about the day’s events and to prepare strategies for coping with tomorrow. the sentence that expresses the main idea is: (type the number of the sentence. then click “go.”)

Which of the following best describes a situation where odysseus men succumb to temptation

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”