Online identity (Commonlit) 2. PART B: Which phrase from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “Users express themselves explicitly through usernames, pictures, and the information about themselves” (Paragraph 2)

B. “For example, several studies have shown that people lie about themselves in online dating profiles” (Paragraph 3)

C. “They can be treated on their merits as a person, rather than being seen as someone inferior due to a disability.” (Paragraph 6)

D. “Most concerns about virtual identity revolve around the contrast between online and offline existence.” (Paragraph 7)

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is different from honey. it offers a stronger sweet flavor, and like steel or plastic, it had to be invented. in the age of sugar, europeans bought a product made thousands of miles away that was less expensive than the honey from down the road. that was possible only because sugar set people in motion all across the world—millions of them as slaves, in chains; a few in search of their fortunes. a perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor: that is the dark story of sugar. how does the comparison of sugar to honey reveal the authors’ purpose? it persuades readers that sugar tastes better than honey. it informs readers that there is a connection between slavery and sugar. it informs readers that honey had a major impact on society. it persuades readers that sugar is as important an invention as steel.

Make a list of 5 things you need and 5 things that you want

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.