Answer:
The Birling family and Gerald Croft are celebrating Sheila’s engagement to Gerald
• Although there are a few signs that not everything is perfect (Mr Birling is too anxious to impress Gerald, Eric
seems nervous and Sheila mentions that Gerald did not come near her the previous summer) there is a
happy, light-hearted atmosphere.
• Mr Birling makes arrogant speeches, telling the other characters his views on science, the Titanic and the
relationship between bosses and workers, saying that a man ‘has to mind his own business and look after
himself’
Answer: B. One's endless hunger
Explanation:
In this poem titled "<em>The Coming of Night"</em>, the poet, Linda Pastan alludes to the end of life and the acceptance of it because a time will come when we will have to stop acting in a certain way and just accept that it is time to leave the world.
She speaks of how humans will lose not only the feeling of being ambitious but the endless hunger to acquire and conquer more as well by relating these to lights and flames that will go out or be extinguished.
B.Because he can't make up his mind by living by him self along the house
The correct answers are A. statistics about how many hours teenagers need to sleep; C. Statistics about the sleeping habits of high school students and D. Information about the effects of sleep deprivation on teenagers
Explanation:
A rebuttal is an argument used to rebut or prove as invalid a counterclaim, in this case the rebuttal is "While it is true that changing class times poses logistical problems, the fact remains: students at our high school are not getting enough sleep, and this is affecting their ability to learn", which is probably an argument that answers a counterclaim based on the logistical problems of changing class times. Similarly to the main claim and any other type of argument a counterclaim needs to be explained and supported using credible evidence which can include statistics, facts, expert words among others and should explain the main points that are part of an argument.
In this case, the argument focuses on showing the way students of high school are not sleeping enough and negative effects, this has, because of this, the author of this argument could use "A. Statistics about how many hours teenagers need to sleep" to show to the audience it is true teenagers do not sleep enough; "C. Statistics about the sleeping habits of high school students" to explain the way students sleeping habits in the school compare to others and strengthen the argument that students are not sleeping enough and "D.information about the effects of sleep deprivation on teenagers" to connect the previous information to the negative effects sleep deprivation causes and ratify to the audience the importance of changing class times.
The skepticism is characterized by an atittude of doubting, questioning and/or not believing something or someone.
As we can see in “Of Cannibals”, Montaigned used skepticism to justify his arguments on his opinion about clever people. For instance:
1) “They never show you things as they are” – The author also said that clever people “cannot help altering history a little”, and then he says that they never show things as they really are; meaning that since he believes that clever people tend to change facts and information, the consequence of it is that their speech isn’t 100% honest. Therefore, he is skeptical when it comes to the true nature of those facts.
2) (...) And to give credence to their judgement and attract you to it, they are prone to add something to the matter, to strecht it out or amplify it” – Now the author claims that clever people try to convince others by adding details or facts to what actually happened. He believes that once the fact is amplified, it gets more attention and credit. In this case, he is being skeptical in regards to judgements and opinions, suggesting that clever people aren’t really honest in their judgements as they want others to “buy their ideas” and because of it they will tell things in a way that will persuade people to do what they want and believe what they say.
