The Topic Sentence Below Is Followed by a Brainstormed List

question 19

Multiple Choice

The topic sentence below is followed by a brainstormed list of possible ideas for a paragraph. Decide which ideas support the topic sentence and should be kept and which ideas should be dropped. Select "keep" or "drop" for each idea. Topic sentence: Modern fireworks have their origins in tenth-century Chinese pyrotechnics.
Fireworks are too loud.

• A) Keep
• B) Drop

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Definitions:

Negative Externalities

Costs that are not reflected in the market price, caused by the production or consumption of goods and services, and borne by society rather than the producers or consumers.

Earmarks

Provisions within legislation that allocate specific funds to certain projects, often without a competitive bidding process.

Federal Government Legislation

Laws and regulations created and enacted by the national government of a country.

Authorized

Officially given permission or power to do something.