Read the paragraph about social media.

social media outlets are often criticized as forums for unimportant postings and uniformed rants. though much of what is posted is conversational drivel, social media outlets also serve as springboards for entrepreneurs. creative people can advertise their designs or products at a low cost to a wider market than entrepreneurs could have imagined in previous generations. the internet is the ultimate free marketplace, allowing motivated individuals to share their wares with the world.

what is the controlling idea?

every entrepreneur should advertise one’s products on the internet.
the internet has countless forums on which people share meaningless posts.
social media has a valid purpose as an inexpensive, creative marketplace.
advertising products on the internet is inexpensive compared to television.

Read the excerpt from the land. in the late afternoon i did the same, but all the time i was on the stallion, i was aware that mitchell was watching me. he had appeared on the edge of the woods and had just stood there watching ghost wind and me as we went round and round the meadow. finally, on one of our turns past him, he said: "s'pose you thinkin' you a real somebody 'cause you can ride that stallion." i looked down at mitchell and stopped, knowing that despite our understanding, he was itching for a fight with me. now, i don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing i did. maybe i was feeling guilty that because i was my daddy's son, i could ride ghost wind. maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear i said what i said. i no longer was afraid of mitchell. "you want to ride him? " i asked. mitchell took a step backward. it was obvious he hadn't expected me to say that. "you know i can't ride him," he said. "your white daddy'd kill me." "you want to ride him? " i asked again. mitchell looked at the stallion, then at me. "so, what if i do? " what intrinsic motivation does the author most likely intend the reader to infer from the passage? paul is motivated by his need to have mitchell praise his riding skills. mitchell is motivated by his need to have paul praise his riding skills. paul is motivated by jealousy and wishes he had free time like mitchell. mitchell is motivated by jealousy and wishes he could ride the horse.