The correct answer is the first option “For an African, whether you were sent to the Caribbean or South America, you were now part of the sugar machine.”. Taken from the book “<em>Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science</em>” by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos (2010), this excerpt best states the main point or claim of the text that the author narrates: the operation of the sugar machine. In other words, this could be the <u>thesis statement</u>. The rest of the options are <u>supporting sentences</u> that develop the actual operation of the sugar machine: how someone may be part of another group, how someone may work according to the ground, and how overseers supervise someone’s work.
Answer: C
Candidates often pledge to focus on positive messages in their advertising.
Explanation:
They speak to our irrational side. They free our imagination and make us childlike. They allow emotion to triumph over reason. They remind us of the problem of evil. They take us out of the safe, everyday world. They stir our curiosity and excite us. They cause an adrenaline rush. They make us imagine the most dire ending.
Answer: A-he grounded bus son for two weeks and took his bike away.
Explanation:
A and B are both good defenses to her claims. Coral reefs are vital for the survival of marine ecosystems and the other is a major health risk of using sunscreen containing the chemical.