Read this scenario:
Randy, a talented soccer player, decided to stay up all night
to play video games with his cousin even though he had an
early soccer game the next morning. That day Randy
scored only one goal, and it was for the other team. He
was so sleepy he couldn't remember which goal was
which.
Which argument would be made more persuasive by telling this story?
A. Video games provide hours of fun for the whole family.
B. Soccer is a fun sport that requires mental toughness.
C. Playing video games can lessen your athletic abilities and physical
reflexes.
D. Healthy amounts of sleep promote quicker brain response and reasoning abilities.

Which best states a theme of "birdfoot's grampa”? a look before you leap. b technology nature. c respect one’s elders. d with age comes wisdom.

Why is emerson’s essay “self-reliance” a great example of transcendentalism?

Me 31) what is the best definition of the word ventured as it is used in the final sentence of paragraph 1? with high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. a) desired b) c) justified d) risked 32) with malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as god gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations. lincoln uses the last paragraph of his speech a) to emphasize the atrocities of war. b) to show his concern for all nations. c) to ask for more support for the war. d) to describe his visions for the nation's rebirth. 33) now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. which is the best definition for expiration as it is used in the selected sentence? a) emission of breath b) ceasing to be in effect c) the act of breathing out d) the emission of volatile matter from the earth's atmosphere 34) the almighty has his own purposes. ‘woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.’ what is the meaning of the word offenses as used in the first line of the fifth paragraph? a) breaking the law b) attack or assault c) causing injury, causing harm or hurt d) sin; wrongdoing against someone else