Read the following introduction for a research paper on novels and answer the question. 1the word novel is borrowed from the italian word novella (henry 235). 2defining exactly what a novel is can be hard work. 3the standard dictionary definition is "a fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters" ("novel"). 4novels in some way represent life. 5the representations, however, occur in a narrative about life and experience. 6since the novel can represent life, such fiction can be serious. 7the seriousness begins when the novel deals with humankind in a way that shows its importance and significance within the fictional world of the novel. 8the world of a novel varies greatly from author to author because each writer creates a new fictional world for a new work. 9that world may be all the relationships of a whole nation or of a very small town. 10that world may be as confined as the captain's cabin on a ship or as open as a little island. 11that world may also be as withdrawn as the farthest recesses of the human mind. 12novels are important as they entertain and instruct the readers through a variety of life experiences. what is the thesis of the paper? sentence 1 sentence 6 sentence 10 sentence 12

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next