D. Several factors led to the beginning of World War I.
The topic sentence from the passage shows us that it follows a cause and effect pattern. It sets the reader up to understand that the rest of the passage will be about several factors that caused World War I. The rest of the options are the different factors that led to World War I. They do not use key words that would indicate a cause and effect patterns like the words "Several" and "led" do in the first sentence.
This question seems to be incomplete. However, there´s enough information to find the right answer.
Answer:
In the article "Inquiring Reporter," by Claire Kifferstein from Girls High Record, the claim is the question about the Regents' examinations being valuable or not.
Explanation:
A claim is a statement of opinion, which is supported by evidence in the form of claims and counterclaims. The main claim appears in the first paragraph of the article. The rest of the text provides evidence that supports the claim that Regents are valuable, under the subtitle "Pro", as well as evidence for the claim that they’re not, in the section "Cons."
Context clues<span> are hints that an author gives to help </span>define<span> a difficult or unusual word. The </span>clue<span> may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may follow in a preceding sentence. The choices cannot be found here. So, it would be best to first understand what are context clues.</span>
It reveals why Jekyll looked so sad and would not join the men.
