Identify a reason that supports the following claim. "There can be some real benefits to playing video games."

A. So, what do video games have to offer?

B. First, video games seem to improve problem- solving skills .

C That makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

D Many video games present players with a situation -a danger or an obstacle.

How you think your hometown would look without electricity? explain in one paragraph

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

Compare how this myth is portrayed in the painting and in the text. is the mood similar or different? how do the painter and the author create these moods