00 PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the central idea in the text , "When Playing Video Games Means Sitting On Life's Sidelines" ?
A. "Joey M'Poko's story is like a lot of people who come through this place. His
personal life was unstable and he moved around a lot."
"But in today's increasingly digital world, it can be difficult to sense the point at
which extensive Internet use actually becomes an addiction."
C. "I slept through my first class Monday, and I didn't go to class the rest of that
day, and the day after, or for five weeks after that“
D. "Finding that healthy balance also means learning to relax in new ways, which is
why reSTART includes weekly meditation sessions."

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?

Which statement is an historical example that supports her thesis statement?