Read the following excerpt, paying attention to both the author’s position and any other opinions to which she might allude. Because television viewing hours increase so gradually from year to year, most parents do not consider their teenagers’ viewing habits a problem. However, in our survey we found that the average viewing time for most American teens had climbed to almost six hours per day—more than one-third of their waking hours. How would you characterize the author’s strategy for distinguishing her position? A The author uses a shocking statistic to strengthen her position.
B The author references and answers opposing positions one by one.
C The author explains why she disagrees with the results of the survey.
D The author provides research data in order to disprove the other positions.

Which of the following is a compound complex sentence

Sense and sensibility - chapters 41-50 do eilinor and marianne each end up with the best husband possible? give reasons for your answer.

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.