(A) because the primary purpose of a thesis statement is to present the essay's topic to the reader, introduce the audience to your position on the subject and provide a guide for the arguments you intend to make to support this belief or idea
A, savage, because it refers to them as uncivilized.
A statement (?)
this is a really vague question lol
Answer: A - excerpt 1 recognizes The importance of word origins, but excerpt to suggest that studying word origins could be a waste of time
Explanation: taking the test now it seems like that would be the best answer given the excerpts and context clues
