Which of the following best states the author’s point of view?
A. Watching movies encourages criminal behavior in children.

B. Violent movies may help reduce crime rates.

C. Violent children find movies to be very entertaining.

D. Crime rates in our country are decreasing.

Which sentence or phrase from the passage best supports your answer?
A. Opponents of movie violence claim that crime is on the rise.

B. According to the U. S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, crime rates have dropped steadily since 1993, when 80 of every 1,000 people reported being victims of violent crime.

C. The homicide rate declined 48% from 1993 to 2011.

D. According to Gordon Dahl and Stefano DellaVigna, research associates of the National Bureau of Economic Research, “estimates suggest that in the short-run violent movies deter almost 1,000 assaults on an average weekend.”

What is the significance of the novel's title? what is the "sweet hereafter"? a). a place you go after a tragedy takes your life b). a beautiful place the dead go, like heaven c). into the sunset, an ending that is not defined d). a dark sad place the dead go before rebirth

What can be inferred about the cyclops in this excerpt from homer’s odyssey?

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.