Part A: Reread paragraph 16 from Text 1. How does the author's choice to conclude the article with these sentences impact his overall message?
In concluding the article with a reference to emoticons." the author highlights the researchers
belief that future researchers should use tools that are familiar to teens,
In concluding the article with a reference to "face-to-face communication, the author provides
support for the researchers perspective that all forms of communication are equally important
In concluding the article with an explanation of humans as social creatures, the author reveals
the researchers belief that social media can help teens to develop social skills.
In concluding with a statement in favor of "device-free time, the author emphasizes the
researchers perspective that teenagers should spend more time engaging with each other.

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next