Answer: There are no options
Explanation:
This question is incomplete. Here's the complete question.
Read “Asian Men Can Jump,” by Gish Jen (2012, New York Times)
In 2012, Jeremy Lin led an unexpected winning streak by the New York Knicks, becoming the first Asian-American player to rise to prominence in the National Basketball Association. The writer Gish Jen published the following op-ed reflecting on the significance of Lin’s success.
Read the passage carefully, then complete the following tasks:
Identify a claim made by Jen and explain the reasoning underlying this claim.
List at least two pieces of supporting evidence from the passage and briefly explain how they support the claim you have identified
Answer:
Jen claims that her brother, Bob, could be "the fittest 58-year-old on the planet." Of course, this is not a claim to be taken literally. It means that his health and physical state is incredibly good for his age.
Explanation:
The evidence she provides is that her brother´s doctor has estimated Bob´s biological age at 35. She further supports her claim saying that "he´s still climbing big mountains in the Himalayas," which is a monumental physical effort.
Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Present was the second of the three spirits that haunted the miser Ebenezer Scrooge in order to prompt him to repent. The spirit appears to Scrooge as "a jolly giant" with dark brown curls. He throws a special dust on the poor's food.
Explanation:
PCM: Pulse code modulation. It is a method used to digitally represent sampled analog signals. It is the standard form of digital audio in computers, digital telephony and compact discs. The amplitude of this signal is sampled regularly at uniform intervals.
PAM: Pulse amplitude modulation. It is a form of signal modulation where the message information is encoded in the amplitude of a series of signal pulses.
Answer:
Ha Jin employs a<em> casual, informal language</em> in his story by<em> writing as if the reader is a person he knows.</em> This allows the reader to become part of the story he is creating. Since the tone is more "personal," the reader feels <u>the author's feelings and statements in the text</u> and gets involved in it.
Explanation:
The question above is related to the story entitled "The Bane of the Internet," written by Ha Jin<em> (a Chinese)</em>. It centers on the hardships of immigrating to another country and how tedious it is.
Writing may be done in a "formal way" or an "informal way." (I have already discussed the informal type of writing above). A formal type of writing, on the other hand, is impersonal in nature and more subjective than an informal way of writing. It is often used for <em>"academic or business purposes.</em>"