Read this paragraph.

income is definitely something to consider when choosing a career. civil engineers earn a yearly median income of $78,000, while pharmacists earn a yearly median income of approximately $112,000. however, there is more schooling involved with becoming a pharmacist. pharmacists must earn a four-year professional degree in addition to a bachelor’s degree, and civil engineers need only have a four-year bachelor’s degree. because i enjoy school and would like to earn more money, i am leaning more heavily toward becoming a pharmacist.

this paragraph is an example of point-by-point writing because

it provides information about each career using certain criteria.
it orders details about each career from most to least important.
it compares two different careers using one point at a time.
it describes one career fully before moving on to the next career.

Write a précis of "from 'on the duty of civil disobedience'" paragraph 1 by henry david thoreau.

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

In these frames, the author emphasize the challenges lqbal faced by showing