The thesis generally outlines what your body paragraphs for the entire essay will be about.
Topic sentences are for outlining the main idea of the paragraph that it's in.
Teacher B is correct, and Teacher A shouldn't be a teacher.
A thesis statement: High stakes testing is not an accurate mean to measure an individual's skills.
Evidence:
- Testing may cause stress, which is a detrimental factor in a student's performance, hence students may score low under the pressure of commonly aclaimed importance of the results.
- It only tests a specific skills such as reading or finding information in a text, whereas a broad range of skills is omitted, such as lateral thinking or creativity.
- Scores might not be reliable- the performance hugely depends on emotional or mental state of a test-taker.
Answer:
A). to make the text more engaging by putting a face with Harrison’s name.
Explanation:
The addition of a visual aid always makes the idea more fascinating and easy to understand for the readers. As per the question, the key reason behind adding the painting of John Harrison painted by Tassaert is to '<u>make the text more appealing as it helps offer a face to Harrison's name</u>.' It <u>allows the readers to understand the idea more effectively and relate to the chronometer made by him better</u>. Thus, <u>option A</u> is the correct answer.
