To explain how one can strengthen personal relationships
to explain why attention to one's
phone can hurt relationships
to inform about the policies that
restaurants have for cell phone use
to present a similar situation
that logically proves the point
to provide a solution to the problem
of preoccupation with cell phones
to state an overall thesis governing
what is argued in the essay
Text Statement
Purpose
This habit is hurting relationships
and shortening attention spans.
Without eye contact, it is nearly
impossible to be fully engaged
in the conversation.
You would not walk away while
someone was talking without
saying anything.

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either a donut or a sphere or a pancake or a flat sphere. it depends on where the vertical line is.

if the line goes through the center of the circle and is perpendicular to a diameter containing the center, then you get a flat circle.

if the line and the diameter of a the circle meet in the center of the diameter and at an angle, you get a pancake.

if the line is on the circumference of the circle and is at right angles   to the circle you get a ring.

if the line contains the diameter, you get a sphere.

the the line is parallel to the diameter and touches the circumference, you get a donut.

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the underlined phrase is an example of : understatment