To approach an essay question like this one, you need to identify the issue (cell phone use in the classroom) and then decide which side you agree with. The next step is to consider the reasons why you agree with that side. Those reasons become the body paragraphs of your paper. For each paragraph, write the reason as a topic sentence. Then explain that point, including specific examples that support your position, before concluding that point and moving on to the next reason in a new paragraph. Make sure you include a proper introductory paragraph that introduces your topic and states your position and a concluding paragraph that summarizes your argument.
Excerpt from: Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
THERE was no use in arguing with a person like this. I promptly put such a strain on my memory that by and by even the shoal water and the countless crossing-marks began to stay with me. But the result was just the same. I never could more than get one knotty thing learned before another presented itself. Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. So he began—
What conclusion can you make from the first paragraph?
A) Mr. Bixby dislikes the narrator.
B) The narrator is angry with Mr. Bixby.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
D) Mr. Bixby thinks the narrator is stubborn.
C) The narrator thinks Mr. Bixby is stubborn.
Answer:
I believe it is when he talks about having his gear and the other sentence where he talks about the light system.
Explanation:
confirm the company’s expansion through other sources before reporting it
be completely transparent in reporting about the company’s attempt to trade favors
