Your local newspaper just published a letter from a man from an older generation. He thinks that young people today have bad manners and
poor social skills, and he blames these problems on cell phones and
computers. Think about how these technologies affect young people
today and decide whether you agree or disagree with the letter writer's
opinion. Write a response to the newspaper explaining your position
and reasons for it.
Which of these options is the best claim to address the prompt?
O A. The dictionary defines manners as 'generally accepted protocol
for good behavior in a variety of social situations or a way of
conducting oneself with proper etiquette.'
O B. It's difficult for older people to understand the websites and apps
that younger people use to stay connected with friends and keep
up to date on news and information,
OC. One way that cell phones have improved the social skills of young
people is by making communication quicker, easier, and more
accessible at all times.
O D. The use of cell phones and computers has changed the manners
and social skills of young people compared with the previous
generation, but these changes are mostly positive.
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Hich line in this excerpt from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal" uses the rhetorical device of irony? and secondly, (there being a round million of creatures in humane figure throughout this kingdom, whose whole subsistence put into a common stock, would leave them in debt two million of pounds sterling), adding those who are beggars by profession, to the bulk of farmers, cottagers and labourers, with their wives and children, who are beggars in effect; i desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner i prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as (they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather,) and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. i profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that( i have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country,) by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich.( i have no children, by which i can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. reset next)