Is the following a strong or weak argument? how do you know? identify the words or phrases that tell you what type of argument it is. you answer should be 4 to 5 sentences. video games should be considered a sport. colleges around the country are forming video-game teams; in fact, more than 10,000 students play in the largest video-game league. this is more students than play on division 1 basketball teams! winning video-game tournaments can result in players earning several years worth of money for college. a select few can even go professional and make a nice living from playing video games.

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?