Read the passage. The Dust Bowl During the 1930s, extreme drought and high winds made life incredibly difficult in the Great Pla
ins region of the United States. In many areas, rainfall was forty percent less than normal. The soil became extremely dry, and when strong winds blew, they created tremendous dust storms. These so-called “black blizzards” were so thick that they made daylight seem like dusk. During this terrible period, the Great Plains region of the United States was named the “Dust Bowl.” Over the next few years, the drought continued, and the winds created more dust storms. In some places, the drought and high winds lasted for eight years. Many people wondered if the black blizzards would ever end. What role does the underlined sentence serve in this paragraph? It is a fact that serves as a supporting detail. It is a statistic that serves as a supporting detail. It is the topic sentence. It is an example that serves as a supporting detail.
In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, William Faulkner insists that great writing must focus on "universal truths" and ___something_______. the question of whether the writer is even necessary to society the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself the distinct and temporary issues confronting the current generation the essential fear of death that all people carry inside themselves
