Read the following prompt: technology has become an important part of people’s lives. children are growing up surrounded by advertising, digital media, and more. they have greater access to tablets, computers, movies, and other media. is technology becoming a threat to childhood? should regulations be in place to protect children? what is the best research question for the prompt? a. what forms of media do children use the most often? b. why is technology becoming such an important part of people’s lives? c. what effect does technology have on children’s development? d. how can technology influence people?

answer by yourhope:

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which answer best describes the interaction between the elements mentioned in the excerpt?

b. an individual influencing an idea!

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sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.