A. written a clear and specific thesis statement.
A thesis statement should include the topic of your essay as well as a preview of the major supporting ideas. The supporting ideas are the topics of each of your body paragraphs. You would write a draft of your thesis statement at the beginning of your outline, so it would be easier to complete an outline of your ideas. A clear thesis statement about cell phones in school might be: Cell phones should be allowed in the classroom because they can be a useful tool for education, a necessary way of contacting someone in an emergency, and an importance practice in ignoring distractions. This statement gives the author's position on the topic of cell phones in school and then lists the supporting reasons in the order they should appear in the body paragraphs.
B, Direct Characterization because you know what the character looks like without guessing.
We learned how amazingly brave she was. Instead of living her last few days on her morphine addiction, we learn how she decided to die clean. Everyday the alarm clock went off a little later, signaling her weaning herself off and eventually breaking her addiction once and for all. Jem, who originally hated Mrs. Dubose for saying a lot of mean things about Atticus, forgives her and sees her bravery. After she dies, he takes the flower she left for him and "fingers it." His views on people change because he realizes that he doesn't know what struggles they could be facing.
