Read the passage and answer the question that follows. no matter what people say, every act of kindness is in fact purely selfish. even large gifts to charity feel good to the giver. whatever beneficial effects to others these gifts produce, it is the personal satisfaction that motivates them. however, this does not mean that charity does no good. on the contrary, selfishly motivated giving has done a lot of good in the world. which word or phrase from the passage signals a contrasting thought? "no matter" "whatever" "however" "on the contrary"

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Write a 250- word essay in which you explain the significance of the different narrative voices in “the way to wealth.” use evidence from both texts to support your response

Read this excerpt from "a visit from the goon squad."that’s when he began singing the songs he’d been writing for years underground, songs no one had ever heard, or anything like them—“eyes in my head,” “x’s and o’s,” “who’s watching hardest”—ballads of paranoia and disconnection ripped from the chest of a man you knew just by looking had never had a page or a profile or a handle or a handset, who was part of no one’s data, a guy who had lived in the cracks all these years, forgotten and full of rage, in a way that now registered as pure. untouched.how does the author use satire in this excerpt? the author is criticizing media censorship.the author is criticizing the idea of isolationism.the author is mocking society’s overuse of technology.the author is mocking man’s inability to freely express himself.