Which of these statements best sum up the author’s purpose in this excerpt? fifteen-year-old meredith mikulski has always been strangely reluctant to leave her room. all she wants to do is stay in there and chat with her internet friends. her parents didn’t think much of it until she started to skip dinner with family and even refused to go to school. around the country, teenagers are starting to log into virtual life and log out of real life. and with every post they make to their favorite social media site, they may be opening themselves to all kinds of mental problems. dr. delinah hurwitz, a professor of psychology, suggests that spending time on the internet is a kind of addiction. she found that people became hooked because endorphins, a chemical produced by the body, act like a drug that rushes through the person’s brain and body every time they receive a response to a post. a. to inform the reader of current research on internet use b. to persuade the reader that internet overuse might be harmful c. to entertain the reader with a story about teenagers and technology d. to describe internet behavior in teens

Read the excerpt from act iv, scene iv of romeo and juliet. capulet: good faith! ’tis day: the county will be here with music straight, for so he said he would. [music within.] i hear him near. nurse! wife! what, no! what, nurse, i say! 30 re-enter nurse. go waken juliet, go and trim her up; i’ll go and chat with paris. hie, make haste, make haste; the bridegroom he is come already: make haste, i say. [exeunt.] 35 this scene is an example of dramatic irony used to create suspense since the audience knows that the musicians will not arrive on time. capulet approves of the match to paris. romeo is already married to juliet. the nurse will be unable to rouse juliet.

In a short story the narrator's word choice

What theme is the main theme of this excerpt from the metal pig by hans christian andersen? in the garden of the grand duke's palace under the roof of one of the wings were a thousand roses bloom in winter, a little ragged boy had been sitting the whole day long. the boy might serve as a type of italy lovely and smiling and yet suffering. he was hungry and thirsty but no one gave him anything and when it became dark and they were about to close the gardens, the porter turned him out. a long time he stood musing on the bridge which crosses the arno and looking at the glittering stars that were reflected in the water which flowed between him and the wonderful marble bridge trinita. he then walked away towards the metal pig, half note down, clasped it with his arms, and, putting his mouth to the shining snout, drink deep droughts of the fresh water. close-by lay a few salad leaves into chestnuts, which register for his supper. no one was in the street but himself. it belonged only to him. he boldly seated himself on the pig's back, leaned forward so that his curly head could rest on the head of the animal, and, before he was aware, fell asleep. it was midnight. the metal pig raised himself gently, and the boy heard him say quite distinctly, hold tight little boy, for i am going to run, and way he started for most wonderful ride first they arrived at the p as the del granduca and the metal horse which bears the dukes statue made allowed