Read the following excerpt from an argumentative essay. Answer the question that follows:

Critics might say that smart phones in the classroom cause too many distractions. A 2009 article in Education Magazine made just such a claim. Although cell phones can certainly cause distractions, current research suggests that teachers and students are putting phones to better use. A 2013 Educator Insider poll reveals that 67% of high school instructors now encourage students to use phones in the classroom setting. Students without phones are actually at a disadvantage in the classroom. The poll lists Internet access, spell checks, and collaboration as three key uses of smart phones in an educational setting.

How does the author handle the counterclaim? (10 points)

a The author chooses to concede the point and offers no rebuttal.


b The author offers an opinion discounting the counterclaim.


c The author ignores the counterclaim and avoids responding.


d The author supplies a rebuttal that quotes more current research.

Answer:

i m muslim

Explanation:

The author offers an opinion discounting the counterclaim.

b

How did Martin Luther king use his power to gain freedom?

Due in 10 minutes helppp
Explain Joseph Plum Martin’s final word what do they mean to you.

Read the following excerpt, paying attention to both the author’s position and any other opinions to which she might allude. Because television viewing hours increase so gradually from year to year, most parents do not consider their teenagers’ viewing habits a problem. However, in our survey we found that the average viewing time for most American teens had climbed to almost six hours per day—more than one-third of their waking hours. How would you characterize the author’s strategy for distinguishing her position?
A The author uses a shocking statistic to strengthen her position.
B The author references and answers opposing positions one by one.
C The author explains why she disagrees with the results of the survey.
D The author provides research data in order to disprove the other positions.

Please please help me!!!

what is this pls help meeeeeeee

Please Help me Which of the following choices describes the steps in the writing process?
A. Asking your friends what they think of the assignment, drafting,
starting over, and editing
B. Staring at the blank page, wondering what to do, drafting, and
feedback
C. Brainstorming, outlining, drafting, editing, feedback, and making
final changes
D. Outlining, feedback, drafting, and editing

What is h the theme of the poem

How are personal details about the husband used in the poem to express the speakers perspective on the wife

Do you think that the outcome of “The Crucible” was justified? Why or why not?

Writing Task 3. Imagine you have started a campaign, for example, to protect your local environment. Write a campaign letter. You should: • Have a clear aim of your campaign • Have a name for your campaign Tell to the reader when you started your campaign, what you have already done and what would you like to do in the future

Using textual evidence discuss how the setting of Welch has impacted Jeannette and her family. USE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE
5 sentences minimum*

Discuss these questions with a partner. 1) Do you like shipping?Why?/Why not? 2)Which are you favourite shops?Why? 3)Do you prefer to go alone or with someone else(say who)? Why?

Read this sentence from "excerpt from President Richard Nixon’s News Conference: The President’s Personal Finances."

I noted in some editorials and perhaps in some commentaries on television, a very reasonable question.

Knowing that the words commentaries and analyses are synonyms, what is the definition of commentaries?


silences

speeches

explanations

absences

When I returned to the common the sun was setting. Scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of Woking, and one or two persons were returning. The crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. There were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. Strange imaginings passed through my mind. As I drew nearer I heard Stent's voice:

“Keep back! Keep back!”

A boy came running towards me.

“It's a-movin',” he said to me as he passed; “a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. I don't like it. I'm a-goin' 'ome, I am.”

I went on to the crowd. There were really, I should think, two or three hundred people elbowing and jostling one another, the one or two ladies there being by no means the least active.

“He's fallen in the pit!” cried some one.

“Keep back!” said several.

The crowd swayed a little, and I elbowed my way through. Every one seemed greatly excited. I heard a peculiar humming sound from the pit.

“I say!” said Ogilvy; “help keep these idiots back. We don't know what's in the confounded thing, you know!”

I saw a young man, a shop assistant in Woking I believe he was, standing on the cylinder and trying to scramble out of the hole again. The crowd had pushed him in.

The end of the cylinder was being screwed out from within. Nearly two feet of shining screw projected. Somebody blundered against me, and I narrowly missed being pitched onto the top of the screw. I turned, and as I did so the screw must have come out, for the lid of the cylinder fell upon the gravel with a ringing concussion. I stuck my elbow into the person behind me, and turned my head towards the Thing again. For a moment that circular cavity seemed perfectly black. I had the sunset in my eyes.

I think everyone expected to see a man emerge—possibly something a little unlike us terrestrial men, but in all essentials a man. I know I did. But, looking, I presently saw something stirring within the shadow: greyish billowy movements, one above another, and then two luminous disks—like eyes. Then something resembling a little grey snake, about the thickness of a walking stick, coiled up out of the writhing middle, and wriggled in the air towards me—and then another.

A sudden chill came over me. There was a loud shriek from a woman behind. I half turned, keeping my eyes fixed upon the cylinder still, from which other tentacles were now projecting, and began pushing my way back from the edge of the pit. I saw astonishment giving place to horror on the faces of the people about me. I heard inarticulate exclamations on all sides. There was a general movement backwards. I saw the shopman struggling still on the edge of the pit. I found myself alone, and saw the people on the other side of the pit running off, Stent among them. I looked again at the cylinder, and ungovernable terror gripped me. I stood petrified and staring.

A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather.



Which of the following describes the narrator of this narrative?
A)First person: inside the story
B)First person: outside the story
C)Omniscient: outside the story
D) Third person: inside the story

PLS HURRY

Which of the following sentences is an example of formal style?

A.
Quantum mechanics provides a math description of things and energy and how they act and influence the world as we know it.
B.
Quantum mechanics, aka quantum physics, developed from quantum theory and dealt with questions, etc., that came out of normal physics.
C.
Quantum mechanics—quantum physics to you and me—uses mathematical descriptions to explain how physical things act like particles or waves.
D.
Quantum mechanics developed in the early 20th century to explain the interactions and behaviors of energy and matter at the molecular, atomic, and subatomic levels.

The family ______ ready to go.
a.were
b.is
c.are
d.had​

A. Imagine you are writing a paragraph about
how the Tri-State Tornado was unique.
Which sentence would be the best topic sentence
for your paragraph?
A. The Tri-State Tornado was the single
deadliest tornado strike in U.S. history.
B. The Tri-State Tornado lasted much
longer than a typical tornado.
C. The Tri-State Tornado stayed on the
ground for three-and-a-half hours.

CLAIM: Homework is a necessary tool for students to develop long-term mastery of their learning content.

I agree with this statement
I disagree with this statement

PLEASE HELP!!! also it is NOT the first 2 sentences like others say. Revise the passage below to remove the two shifts in verb mood. Your revised passage should use only imperative mood. (look at the picture for the passage btw)

Please ASAP!
Answer these questions.
I'm writing exams...

1. One day ago we were on Sunday, today it is ____.

2. Tomorrow will be Monday, in six days we will be at ___.

3. Yesterday was Wednesday two days ago was ___.

4.Tomorrow will be Wednesday, after tomorrow we will be ____.

5. Two days ago was Monday, yesterday was ___.

6. tomorrow will be Friday, yesterday was ___.​

can someone create a flowchart please

pls help!! I will give brainiest

Identify possible damage that can occur from tornados

A beginning without an end, a throw without catch, a day without a night that's what a
Chinese meal would be without the popular fortune cookie.

Which idea is developed by the comparisons made in this sentence?

O Fortune cookies are enjoyable to eat.

O Fortune cookies are served after a Chinesymeal.

O Fortune cookies are eaten at any time of day.

O Fortune cookies are expected with Chinese food.

O Fortune cookies are well loved by people.

Why did Langston Hughes write "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" as an essay, even though he
was better known for his poetry? Select all that apply.

The essay allows him to be taken more seriously.

The essay allows him to adopt a persuasive tone.

The essay allows him to be direct and informative.

The essay allows him to express feelings more accurately.

school compitition in your district​

Which is an objective statement about the excerpt? Read the excerpt from A Black Hole Is NOT a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano. Einstein's idea of gravity had big consequences. It helped explain some observations that Newton's idea didn't account for. It also opened our minds to amazing new possibilities. For example, taking his cue from Einstein's idea that space bends, scientist Karl Schwarzschild began to think about what would happen if a place in space were extremely distorted. His answer: light would follow the hyper-bent space, never to turn away from it. This was the first prediction of a black hole. At first, some scientists (including Einstein!) rejected Schwarzschild's ideas. Others were intrigued and began searching the skies for real black holes. Just decades later, they found the first of them. It just goes to show: sometimes, as Einstein himself once said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge."

O Einstein's was a more enlightened thinker than Isaac Newton.
O Einstein's ideas about gravity affected the way scientists viewed space.
O Karl Schwarzschild could never have succeeded without Einstein's assistance. O Karl Schwarzschild's predictions were the most impressive scientific thinking in history.​

Please can anyone tell me what figurative language this is? And please explain!
“We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another.“

bless me ultima 11. Antonio had a dream about his brothers coming home, which showed that he felt
conflicted about their reunion. What was the conflict in Antonio's mind?

Which of these statements is a comparative claim?

1. Video news stories often start with one dramatic statement and then move on to facts related to the event.
2. The video version of a news story will be viewed by many more people than a written version of the same story.
3. Video versions of news stories are limited by the type of video footage available.
4. A video news story usually creates a greater sense of urgency than a written version of the same story.