Answer is foundation in historical facts or legends, and <span>dead/absent parent
supernatural creatures
universal themes</span>
Fifty cents is a plural noun since it is talking about more than one cent. In the example, you would say, "fifty cents <em>is </em>how much I owe you".
The topic sentence for the paragraph above is A. Sentence 1. A topic sentence is supposed to give the general idea of a paragraph. Sentence 1 briefly describes what and where plates are in the Earth's crust. The rest of the sentences give more detail about tectonic plates.
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Abigail is afraid the other girls will confess what was truly going on in the woods and she doesn't want to get into trouble. She admits that Tituba and Ruth were conjuring spirits only to save Betty from being accused of witchcraft.