“good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies.” – c. a. bartol
bartol’s quote reveals the preoccupation with manners as evidence of morals. some might argue that today’s youth have a poor sense of manners, and therefore poor morals. is this true? do today’s youth lack the morals of previous generations? or are they simply changing with the times? plan and write an essay in which you take and develop a position on this issue. support your position with reasoning and examples from your experience and observations.

what type of question does this prompt present?
a.

open-ended

c.

interpretive
b.

closed

The type of question that the prompt presents is a. open-ended.

An open-ended question is a question that is answered using more than one word, unlike closed-ended questions. Most open-ended questions encourage an answer that includes the subject's opinion about a specific topic. In other words, they encourage the act of reflecting. It is the case of the questions in the prompt, which asks the readers to develop a position about the topic based on their own experience and observation.

the correct answer would be d, i never like waking up.

explanation:

iambic tetrameter is a meter which is basically a line consisting of four feet of iambic and it is used in poetry. it consists of unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. in this question, the only statement which is giving the feel of being stressed is option d, which says that i never like waking up. it means the person is feeling stressed whenever he wakes up. he never likes to wake up and and whenever he wakes up, he doesn't like it. so a sense or feel of being stressed is in this statement.  

recent brain research has shown some surprising benefits as a result of formal musical training. learning to play a musical instrument appears to develop parts of the brain that can even influence academic results. the studies indicate that the earlier a child begins training, the more benefits there are. one such study showed that children who began musical studies before the age of seven had a more developed brain in the region where language production and auditory processing take place. scientists believe there is mounting evidence to show that early musical training can improve brain function.

explanation: