Outside mark could hear the howling of the wind and a screeching as the tree's limbs scraped the side of the house. the wind was blowing the shutters wildly against his window with a sharp bang bang bang that made him grip his sheets intensely. he snapped his eyes shut and begged for the storm to pass. which sentence consistently reflects the tone of the paragraph? a) mark took a deep breath and began laughing at his ridiculousness. b) mark dozed off to sleep and thought no more of the trouble outside. c) just then, a loud crack of thunder startled mark so badly that he screamed. d) giving up on falling back to sleep, mark decided to play video games instead.

The sentence that consistently reflects the tone of the paragraph is C) Just then, a loud crack of thunder startled Mark so badly that he screamed.

Explanation:

We are being asked to choose the sentence that consistently reflects the tone of the paragraph. Throughout the paragraph, the author describes how fierce the storm is and how scary it looks and sounds to Mark, the character. Mark is frightened to the point of gripping his sheets intensely and begging for the storm to pass. If he fears the storm so much, it does not make sense for Mark to simply laugh at his ridiculousness, doze off to sleep, or simply decide to play video games. To keep the consistency in what has been presented, it would be only logical for him to end up screaming in fear after hearing a thunder. Thus, the best option is letter C.

When brainstorming before the creation of a thesis statement, one thing to keep in mind is that thesis statements are basically mini outlines that tell readers the topics of the body paragraphs (content) in the exact order in which they will appear in the paper.  That said, let’s say Rochelle is going to be discussing three reasons whales migrate—REASON 1, REASON 2, and REASON 3.  That said, one potential thesis statement could be the following:

Even though whales may migrate for a myriad of reasons, the reasons of REASON 1, REASON 2, and REASON 3, are the main reasons for which the majority of whales migrate.

It’s important to always have body content appear in the identical order in which it appears in the thesis statement and to only include content that is mentioned or alluded to within the thesis statement because anything that appears within a paper that is not will be considered off topic.