1.) We receive no formal training in listening
2.) Speaking as a skill is seen as more important than listening
3.) Filters keep us from listening without bias
Answer:
To describe the most important ideas in Swift’s essay and explain his reason for writing.
Explanation:
This is the statement that best describes Swift's purpose for writing the essay "A Modest Proposal." In this text, Swift uses satire to describe a revolutionary, but most likely un popular idea: the fact that rich English people should buy poor Irish children in order to eat them. Swift argues that this will reduce the problem of poverty in Ireland. However, the text is a satire intended to criticize the way in which Irish people were abused by the English government.
One evening, me and my friend Jack were playing outside. We decided a friendly game of football would be fun. We were just tossing and throwing the ball to each other, like normal boys would do.
All of a sudden, Jack started crying. I went up to him in desperation, as I noticed that he had broken his arm! He ran into the neighbor's car, and he hit his arm so hard on the side mirror, that it broke! We had to admit him into the hospital!
After a long time in the emergency room, Jack was free to go to his house. This had to be the scariest moment for me. I'm going to be taking a little break from football. I hope this never happens again...
The correct punctuation would be “Although he thought that she was the best looking girl in the school, he was, understandably, afraid to talk to her.” Therefore C is the correct answer.
