The answer to the question being presented above would be the fourth statement which is "<span>Before making a sacrifice, people can consider the kind of sacrifice it is, what they stand to gain, and when the sacrifice is appropriate.". This sentence is the strongest thesis for an essay about sacrifice.</span>
She went to the open door and stood in it and looked out among the tomato vines and “jimpson” weeds that constituted the garden.
That sentence helps the reader infer that it is summertime, because it shows that the garden is flourishing.
B. was is the being verb.
