Answer:
1. I will turn off all the lights...
2. The graduation class invited Rita and I to attend their ceremony.
3. The amount of people at the meeting exceeded one hundred.
4. The book I borrowed from the library has many pages falling apart.
5. Marcus is one of those boys who studies early in the morning and sleeps well at night.
The sentence that best represents the function of a supporting sentence is, option B. It adds more details to the topic sentence. The supporting sentences make up the paragraph that talks about the main sentence. The supporting sentences not only add more information about the topic, but also add examples to further explain the main sentence.
1. <span>the search for religious truth - <u>Christian</u>: the quest of a true Christian is to find God, and thus love and truth
2. </span><span>resistance and the inability to adapt to change - <u>Obstinate</u>: obstinate means stubborn, so this is an obvious answer
3. </span><span>humanity’s weak will and lack of resolution - <u>Pliable</u>: pliable means weak, easy to bend to somebody else's will
4. </span><span>God’s ability to guide humans by sending messengers - <u>Evangelist</u>: evangelists are messengers, so this is again an obvious choice</span>
C - <span>Maddison thinks Earl wastefully spent money on his diner.
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