Two teachers are discussing thesis statements. Teacher A says that a thesis statement should reflect the main idea of the paragraph that it's in. Teacher B says that the thesis statement should reflect the main idea of the entire essay. Who is correct?

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Teacher B is correct. The thesis states the main idea of the entire essay. Each paragraph should serve the purpose of supporting and/or developing the essay's thesis.

Often, the writer will develop multiple supporting points to achieve this aim. Each body paragraph will develop a different idea which supports the main idea, or thesis of the essay. These smaller ideas ideally will also have a statement within the paragraph that sums them up. Teacher A may have been thinking of the topic sentence, which should reflect the main idea of the paragraph it's in. 

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Which of the following corrects the pronoun error in this passage?

The sixth-grade students liked volunteering their time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. It made them happy.

A.The sixth-grade students liked volunteering his or her time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. It made them happy.
b. The sixth-grade students liked volunteering their time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. It made the volunteers happy.
c. The sixth-grade students liked volunteering their time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. They made them happy.
d.The sixth-grade students liked volunteering their time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. Reading made them happy.

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The best choice is B) it made the volunteers happy. 
The first sentence is correct, so A is wrong. 

The error in the second sentence is that we don't know who "them" refers to. It (reading to the elderly) made "them" happy, but who is them? The volunteers or the elderly people?  
B) clarifies this point by saying that it made the volunteers happy. 
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