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"Yes, all those points are true about Shakespeare, but most of them are true of other authors as well" (B) is the comment that best illustrates the technique of drawing comparisons during a discussion.
In this discussion, people were apparently talking about Shakespeare and his work or his life. The speaker who delivered this comment brought up other authors into the conversation, inviting the other speakers to consider a comparison between Shakespeare and these authors. By doing so, the speaker is also giving his opinion on the comparison: he thinks Shakespeare and the other authors are alike in some aspects.
What is important to Wang's mother based on the story she tells him at the beginning of American Born Chinese is:
A. Education
She tells the story of a mother and a son who tends to imitate what he sees around him, in the first part they lived next to a market place and the song played as a market seller, second they moved next to a cemetery and the son played burning incense and praying to the dead, third they moved next to a university and the son spent his time studying and reading, the mother decided to stay there for a long time.
Answer:
People for top positions in organization must have clear sense of right and wrong and courage and honesty to say the truth.
Explanation:
The main idea of a paragraph is one which the authors wants to prove with the help of examples, evidences, or by appealing to emotions, logic, or moral values. This idea is the backbone and purpose of the paragraph.
In this case, the authors is trying to persuade the readers of the importance of clarity of thought, courage and honesty to say the truth for people on top positions on an organization. He opines that these qualities are even more important than intelligence and substantive knowledge. The author has just named these qualities, he is yet to prove (mat be later) that why and how these qualities are more important than other qualities.
