read the following excerpt from a speech. then answer the question that follows.

in turkey, burping after a meal is a sign of appreciation. among the inuit people, passing gas after a meal is a sign of gratitude. in america, neither of these activities are acceptable at the dinner table. a whopping 91 percent of teenagers agree that manners are important, but 70 percent of teenagers feel that their fellow teenagers do not often practice good manners. good manners would include saying “” and “ you,” not interrupting others when speaking, looking someone in the eye when speaking to him or her, and saying “excuse me” when you bump into someone. it’s important to teach children good manners from an early age. although the best place to learn manners would be in the home, not all children have good role models. that’s where schools come in. there are several private schools across the nation that include manners and etiquette as part of the curriculum. such classes should be required in every school. could you imagine how these courses could impact our society if every student took them?

what is the purpose of this speech?

a)to persuade schools to teach manners in the classroom
b)to urge families to teach their children how to burp when visiting turkey
c)to show how manners are no longer considered important in american society
d)to describe some interesting manners around the world

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He following question refers to the text and graphic below. read the text and view the graphic carefully to you choose the best response. "how 7th grade students at madison middle school use their smart phones" i recently surveyed seventh graders at madison middle school to determine how they used their cell phones. my goal was to determine which daily activities were the most popular. out of 151 seventh graders in our school, 93 of them use smart phones. 57 of those students agreed to track their cell phones usage in a journal for three days. i compared journal statistics and gathered the following data. data revealed that students spent 35 percent of their phone time playing games and using apps. these included games played alone and against friends. it also included social media apps. students spent 21 percent of their time texting and 20 percent of their time listening to music. music included songs downloaded on their phones and music that streamed from other sources.14 percent of cell phone time was spent browsing the internet while 9 percent of the time was spent using the phone to take photographs. most ironically, students reported spending only 1 percent of their time using cell phones to make actual phone calls. image of a graph with the title, how 7th grade students at madison miller middle school use their smart phones. a pie chart is shown with the colours, orange, green, pink, purple, blue and light pink. the following are the present ages. orange 35 percent, games and apps. green, 21 percent, texting. pink 20 percent, music. purple, 14 percent web browsing. blue 9 percent, camera. light pink, 1 percent, phone calls.

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