Answer:
Despite his passionate argument that rock lyrics are poetry, Dan DeLuca fails to convince.
Explanation:
According to a different source, these are the options that come with this question:
- When Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature, it sparked a major controversy.
- Dan DeLuca has written an editorial stating his opinion that rock lyrics are poetry.
- I really enjoyed reading Dan DeLuca's article about Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize.
- Despite his passionate argument that rock lyrics are poetry, Dan DeLuca fails to convince.
A thesis statement is the main claim that an author makes in a text. This claim expresses the ideas that the author wants to defend, and which he expands on in the rest of the text. Therefore, a thesis statement needs to express a clear opinion, or take a particular position on a subject. In this case, the option that does this is option D.
Maggie changes throughout the story in various important ways. At the beginning of the story, Maggie lacks confidence as she feels less pretty and intelligent than her sister Dee. Moreover, she longs for a connection with her Mama that she does not yet have. However, after Mama decides to give the quilts to Maggie, Maggie changes as well. She becomes more confident as she realizes that she has some qualities that her sister does not share. She is also able to develop a deeper relationship with her mother.
<span>The
quotation you're being given is from a letter written in the middle of
the first century C.E. by St. Paul to a specific group of Christians in
Corinth (a city in Greece). He is describing one of the beliefs of the
new religion of Christianity, the belief that at the end of the world
("the last trumpet" or "last trump"), dead people will be restored to
life in new and perfect physical bodies that will last forever. </span>
Answer:
The first quotation advances the plot, the second one reveals the character traits of the speaker, the third quotation creates suspence, and the last one reveals motivation.
In mythological stories, details such as this one are never a mere coincidence. Either they foreshadow an event or prepare the mood for such an event. In this story, the fact that the lovers have chosen to meet at the tomb foreshadows their death. Also, it is not just any grave, but the Tomb of Ninus, the well-known and admired founder of Nineveh. It foreshadows the fact that the two tragic lovers will become well-known themselves.
