After walking to school, the bus slowly passed by.
This sentence contains a dangling modifier. The dangling modifier is "After walking to school". We don't know who did the walking. The bus is the subject of the sentence, but we know that the bus certainly didn't do any walking. We also don't know what the bus passed by. The rest of the sentences are correct as written. In the last option, it is clear that Egypt is the one waiting for the bus.
The sentence from the passage which offers support for the thesis, "The writings paint a detailed portrait that shows daily life in ancient Egypt to be surprisingly quaint and free" is, "They uncovered tens of thousands of scrolls that contain information about daily life."
Answer: Option D.
Explanation:
Thesis statement is the one which focuses on the main idea of the text. The thesis statement of the passage is about how the writings depicted the day to day life of ancient Egypt. So the statement which goes with the thesis statement is 'They uncovered tens of thousands of scrolls that contain information about daily life.' This sentence provides the information regarding the thesis statement. The other mentioned options on the other hand are about construction of tombs, love stories, and workers strike which doesn't support the thesis statement.
This is to convince readers of a threat, the first choice. This is not a frightening story or a historical event, because the author clearly states that "I know of no community that has experienced..." meaning that this is figurative rather than historical. This is not to convince readers about the importance of a community, as the whole excerpt is about certain disasters rather than the community that experiences it.
Answer:
I am sure that it is not, it should be a comma instead.
Explanation:
Semicolons are only used to spilt up a run-on sentence.
