The statements which best evaluate the evidence in the excerpt are:
•The authors use a quotaion from an expert to support the argument that social media has been both helpful and hazardous for the Arab American news media.
•The authors use examples of different types of media to support the argument that social media has changed how the Arab American news media operate
Explanation:
In the excerpt from 'The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings' we can see that the author puts forward his view on how social media is impacting the whole world. And to support his claim, the author uses evidence on how social media helps and threatens smaller media outlets.
The author states that many a times information is reached on social media before it is even released by the traditional media.
Apart from this, the author have also used quotation and examples to support his claim.
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B). Metaphor
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Answer:
See Explanation Below
Explanation:
Presupposition is what is assumed by a speaker to be the case before to making an utterance.
We can also say that, a presupposition constitutes a necessary assumption that is required to understand the meaning of a sentence.
As used in the example above, the prepositions explains that the minors were drinking when they were caught by the police before they promise not to do so again
So the presupposition of the given exercise are as follows;
a. We've been to the ballpark before
b. Valerie did not receive a new T-bird for Labor Day.