What are two ways the author uses specific language to advance her point of view? The author uses a case in point to illustrate the value of education that allows free rein in personal initiative. The author uses an extended figure of speech to illustrate how people prod others to work rather than leave them to their own efforts. The author uses hyperbole to highlight the absurdity of a system that allows no freedom of expression. The author uses satire to poke fun at those who enjoy nagging others to perform their duties. The author uses comparison and contrast of educational methods to illustrate relative strengths and weaknesses.

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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Which three parts of this passage from chapter 6 of emily brontë's wuthering heights show that hindley earnshaw did not care about the well-being of catherine and heathcliff after the death of mr. earnshaw? they both promised fair to grow up as rude as savages; the young master being entirely negligent how they behaved, and what they did, so they kept clear of him. he would not even have seen after their going to church on sundays, only joseph and the curate reprimanded his carelessness when they absented themselves; and that reminded him to order heathcliff a flogging, and catherine a fast from dinner or supper. but it was one of their chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day, and the after punishment grew a mere thing to laugh at. the curate might set as many chapters as he for catherine to get by heart, and joseph might thrash heathcliff till his arm ached; they forgot everything the minute they were together again: at least the minute they had contrived some naughty plan of revenge; and many a time i’ve cried to myself to watch them growing more reckless daily, and i not daring to speak a syllable, for fear of losing the small power i still retained over the unfriended creatures. one sunday evening, it chanced that they were banished from the sitting-room, for making a noise, or a light offence of the kind; and when i went to call them to supper, i could discover them nowhere. we searched the house, above and below, and the yard and stables; they were invisible: and, at last, hindley in a passion told us to bolt the doors, and swore nobody should let them in that night. the household went to bed; and i, too, anxious to lie down, opened my lattice and put my head out to hearken, though it rained: determined to admit them in spite of the prohibition, should they return.