Which is the best concluding sentence for this paragraph? a) teachers should make their cell phone enemy into an ally to make their classrooms come to life. b) technology today can do so many amazing things and so many of them are useful for educational purposes. c) on the other hand, cell phones are also extremely distracting and probably are best left outside of the classroom. d) another item of technology that teachers should not be afraid to use in their classrooms are computer tablets and laptop carts.

A definitely! It provides more closure for the paragraph. However, I would change some of the wording in your sentence. For example, I would use a transitional phrase to close the paragraph. Try investigating in some transitional phrases that are used to close a paragraph (ex. overall, in conclusion, etc). Once you’ve chosen one, pop it in front of the sentence and add a comma! In addition, instead of saying “teachers should make their cell phone enemy into an ally”, i would say “teachers should transform their once enemy of the cell phone into their ally in order to bring life to the classroom”.

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#1: what is the simile that occurs in lines 43-47 (below)? give exact words for just the simile. #2: explain what frost means by this comparison.

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

6. constructed response paragraph: in "memories, s pents how would you describe the speaker's attitude toward the city? support your answer with evicence from the selection