Which of the following statements is a well-written thesis statement? O "Urban homeless people should receive services such as regular food donations, public restrooms, and sleeping facilities because it
would improve life for everyone living in the city."
O "It is a shame that there are so many homeless people in our country, something should be done to help them."
O "American cities are full of homeless people who do not have access to food, shelter, or restroom facilities."
O "Humanitarian groups often try to assist homeless people by organizing food pantries and providing blankets and personal items to
help the less fortunate of their community."

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader

this is the sentence that best shows that fast food restaurants are designed for using unskilled labor. 

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.