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Question 2
Reread paragraph 4. Which of these is a point that helps
support the first part of the author's argument?
Argument: Video games should play a larger role in the
classroom, as long as students know when to stop
playing.
Students with low self-esteem are more
likely to fail in the classroom.
Students with high self-esteem are often
the best video-game players.
Video games can inspire students to not
give up when they do poorly.
Video games can teach students not to
worry too much about low grades.
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Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile