<span>D. There is no single topic sentence.
This paragraph is not focused under one single topic sentence, it moves throughout the features of the earth and how they interact and change the face of the planet. In order to bring this paragraph together more clearly, a topic sentence would have to be added that covers all the information in the paragraph.</span>
I think that this is a metaphor because it doesn't use like or as
1. D. "As I sat there on the side of the highway, I basked in the tartness of my childhood fruit and in the sweetness of the memory of making jelly with the greatest woman I’ve ever known."
2. C. They were most likely a working, middle-class family.
3. B. it is written from the first person point of view.
Certain words can change the pacing and tone of a story. Take my examoles below, I'll write the same passage but with different tones.:
1: His breath slowed down as he gazed up twoards the building. Covered in vines and showing signs of decay, he felt his heart start to race. 1 beat, 2 beats, 3 beats; he could taste the fear rising in his throat. But he knew what he had to do. So with a determined step, he clung to his sword and walked forward.
This passage has a slower pace, it dosnt cause she sense of panic, but it dose cause the reader to wonder what will happen next. The word choice and pace are slow and steady.
2: His breath hitched; he was alone. He let his gaze rest upon the decerept builiding.
Vines weaver in an out of broken windows, decay littred the outside. He felt his heartbeat slow in his chest.
3 beats
2 beats
1 beat.
He tasted the salt of his fear. But they were waiting for him
Waiting for him to succed.
He breathed in, out, in, out.
He grasped his sword, setting forward twoards the doorway.
Here the pace is a bit faster and the word choice makes the reader a bit nervous. Word choice and pace are tools used to affect the readers reactions to situations.
We can't know about the statements you talking about !
