Are violent video games bad

I believe it is yes because studies have repeatedly shown an association between playing violent video games and increased aggression and decreased prosocially Behaviors.
can you make this longer and wordier

Video Games—Play On
Zachary Felton



1Video games pull players into worlds they could never imagine. In these worlds, players become top athletes, animated characters, alien commanders, and so on. So, if video games use so much imagination, why do people look down on them? News reports today often talk about the bad effects of video games. For example, some blame video games for making children more violent. Others blame them for causing children to sit in front of the television, instead of getting exercise. While such claims may hold some truth, not all video games are bad. In fact, some actually have great benefits.

2Playing video games on every platform, from large computer displays to handheld devices or even cell phones, improves thinking skills, reaction time, and hand-eye coordination.

3Research has shown that playing video games is good for players' minds. Video games improve players' thinking skills. A researcher from one study said, "It's difficult to find kids who earn poor grades but who do well in video games." Video games challenge players to recognize patterns and think to survive in the game. Players must use their brains to plan their next move to avoid losing the game.

4Even simple games seem to boost brainpower. For example, the goal of one popular game is to arrange falling blocks into a solid wall. When the game begins, the blocks drop at a slow pace, giving the player plenty of time to put them in the correct place. As the player gets better at arranging the blocks, the game starts dropping them at a faster rate. The player must speed up his or her thinking to reach the next level of the game.

5Video games help to improve players' reaction time. Reaction time is the time it takes for a person's body to respond to something. It is important in many sports and day-to-day activities. For example, suppose your mom makes you a cup of hot chocolate. You touch the hot cup and pull your hand away quickly. That is reaction time—the time it takes your mind to tell your hand to pull away from the hot cup. Because video games move at such a fast pace, people who play them improve their reaction times. In video games involving car races, for example, players face obstacles as they speed toward the finish line. Players must rely on reaction time to avoid hitting anything so they can make it to the end.

6Video games also help hand-eye coordination. This coordination involves turning what our eyes see into physical responses, such as guessing where a ball will fall so we can catch it. People with unusually high hand-eye coordination can go into professions where using their hands is important. A recent study of surgeons found that doctors who played video games were a lot faster at performing difficult operations. In addition, surgeons who played video games made fewer mistakes in operations than those surgeons who did not play video games.

7Many people are starting to take notice of the benefits of video games. For example, educational computer games are becoming more common in schools as teaching tools. Teachers have found that students enjoy learning through video games. They find the games both fun and educational. This has led to the rise in "edu-tainment," or using educational video games in the classroom to make learning fun. In addition, the U.S. military is now using video games to prepare soldiers for the decision-making skills they will need during combat.

8On average, children spend one hour per day playing in video game worlds. It is good to know that this time will help them in the future.



How does the sentence, "playing video games on every platform, from large computer displays to handheld devices or ever cell phones, improve thinking skills, reaction time, and hand-eye coordination," function to strengthen the argument?

Responses

It gives detailed support for one important part of the argument by giving statistical support.

It gives the reader an opposing viewpoint about video games so they can better understand the argument.

It establishes the main points of the argument that the writer will develop over the rest of the passage.

This sentence does not strengthen the argument at all, as it does not have anything to do with the rest of the passage.

Which season is your favorite? Explain why.
(write 5 sentences minimum.)

Use the poem “Giles at 14” to answer the question.

How does the speaker reflect on the fact that Giles is getting older?

Type the spelling words in which a pair of vowels are followed by silent gh . Put your answers in alphabetical order.
arctic
arraignment
auxiliary
bouquet
eighth
exhausted
exhilarate
height
isthmus
lieutenant
pageant
parliament
rheumatism
rhyme
shepherd
sovereignty
stretched
thoroughly
tongue
twelfth
vehicle
virtue
whether

Part C: Possessive Nouns

Complete the sentence by adding a possessive noun.

1. ___ glasses are on my desk.

2. Marcy is wearing her ___ gold bracelet.

3. My ___ club will meet at our house Monday night.

4. The ___ first statement caused us to change our minds.

5. We have formed a ___ club.

6. Rosa's brother found the ___ lost puppy.

7. The ___ store was damaged by the recent storm.

8. What are the ___ duties?

9. When does the new ___ term of office begin?

10. ___ notebook is on your desk.

What are your favorite video games to play? How often do you play, and who do you play with?
(write 5 to 7 sentences)

What is an example of alliteration?
a) The leaves danced in the win
b) The sly snake slithered slowly in the sand
c) Sha has a heart of gold.

Students will write a paragraph (3-5 sentences) :

1.List different types of external conflicts in literature; Explain what an internal confluct is.



2. Provide one example of an external conflict and one of an internal conflict we encounter in the story.

Please help!!!!!!
And though my head felt heavy,
I played on till dusk
Missing flies and pop-ups and grounders
And calling out in desperation things like
“Yours” and “take it,” but doing all right,
Tugging at my cap in just the right way,
Crouching low, my feet set.
“Hum baby” sweetly on my lips.

—“How I Learned English,”
Gregory Djanikan

Compare the original ending with the version in which most of the vivid language has been taken out. Write three to four sentences explaining how the original version helps you visualize and understand the poem’s story.

(05.01 MC)

Read "Sonnet 104" by William Shakespeare. Then, answer the question that follows.

To me, fair friend, you never can be old,
For as you were, when first your eye I ey'd,
Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold
Have from the forests shook three summers' pride,
Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn'd
In process of the seasons have I seen,
Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burn'd,
Since first I saw you fresh, which yet are green.
Ah! yet doth beauty, like a dial-hand,
Steal from his figure and no pace perceiv'd;
So your sweet hue, which methinks still doth stand,
Hath motion and mine eye may be deceiv'd:
For fear of which, hear this, thou age unbred;
Ere you were born, was beauty's summer dead.

Which sentence best paraphrases the lines in bold?

But beauty is like a clock, and slowly over time will fade, even though I may not notice.
I will steal from you and deceive you, and in the end will run away quickly.
I'm fast, so you have to pick up the pace if you're going to keep up with me.
When you are around, I am miserable and always end up feeling like a fool.

Read each example carefully. Then, match the example to the logical fallacy that is used.

Match Term Definition
Lanie wanted to convince the recycling club that they needed to find more opportunities to clean up local parks and venues. She said it would be great to be outside in the warmer weather, a point completely unrelated to her argument. A) False analogy
Zoey and Bridge both love softball. Zoey also loves to play chess, so she assumes that because Bridget shares one sport in common, she likes to play chess as well. B) Red herring
Jonah and his friend were at the mall looking for new shoes. Jonah grabbed a pair. His friend rolled his eyes and said, "I tried those on once last year and they squeaked when I took one step. I'll never try them again." C) Strawman
Jenn and her mother stopped at the grocery store near their home. Jenn spotted a five-pound tub of chocolate. She begged her mother to buy it for her, but her mother said, "No one needs that much chocolate. I am sorry, but no." Upset, Jenn lashed out and told her mother that she must not want her to be happy because she won't buy it for her. D) Slippery slope
After growing her hair out for five years, Liza decided to cut her waist-length hair to her shoulders. She told her friend, who replied, "Ugh. Then what? You'll cut another inch, then another inch, then shave your entire head, then you'll probably move to another state, and I'll never see you again." E) Hasty generalization

Conjunctions that show a correlation, or sameness, between two ideas can be very helpful - especially when you are trying to make a point.
TRUE
FALSE

Read the passage from "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez.

By the time I was in high school, I was a popular kid, and it showed in my name. Friends called me Jules or Hey Jude, and once a group of troublemaking friends my mother forbade me to hang out with called me Alcatraz. I was Hoo-lee-tah only to Mami and Papi and uncles and aunts who came over to eat sancocho on Sunday afternoons – old world folk whom I would just as soon go back to where they came from and leave me to pursue whatever mischief I wanted to in America. JUDY ALCATRAZ, the name on the "Wanted" poster would read. Who would ever trace her to me?

Based on this passage, what inference can be made about the way Alvarez became accustomed to life in the United States?

She felt more comfortable in the company of her Dominican family.
She made many American friends but refused to let go of her culture.
She introduced her American friends to many Dominican customs.
She became very well accustomed to life among the Americans.

Select a way an author develops a character's perspective. 40 POINTS

A) Adding an interesting setting
B) Using titles in the Table of Contents
C) Using different kinds of sentences
D) Including other character's opinions

Write a 2-5 paragraph essay explaining the similarities with how Wilma Rudolph, Bethany Hamilton, and Erik Weihenmayer overcame personal challenges to achieve greatness.

It’s worse for her than it is for me—
birthing the twins near killed her.
So I took up my basket and snatched up the twins. One held by hand,
the other on my hip,
We set off for the market.
It wasn’t easy.
The twin on the ground
grabbed the fish from my basket
and threw it. It landed
by the water trough, and I had to wade through the mud to get it back.
The twin on my hip
seemed quiet enough—
till he started to bellow.
I smelled something rank,
and I felt it,
leaking down my dress.
I couldn’t staunch him—
my hands were full.
That’s when I saw her,
Isobel, the lord’s daughter,
dressed in blue.
Her hair was combed, sleek as an otter. Her veil was snow white.
She had a servant
to carry her basket,
so her hands were free
to pinch up her skirt,
and pick her way through the muck,
daintily, daintily.
Her lips were curved,
like the smile of a cat,
and something got into me—
maybe ’twas the devil.
I let go of the twin,
picked up a handful of
dung, filth, God-knows-what
and let fly.
Bull’s-eye. But I didn’t enjoy it—
not for more ’n a moment.
Not after I saw her face.
She hadn’t done anything to me,
and the smutch of the mud
against her blue gown—
the prettiest dress I ever saw.
I ruined it.
The boys in Shamble Lane2 laughed.
They won’t tell on me. They’re my friends. I saw her eyes pass over me
and rest on them. She thought they did it. I ought to have said—
something—I’m sorry,
’twas my doing—
but my little brother
picked up something foul
and mashed it in his mouth.
By the time I got to him,
pried open his jaws,
fished it out,
and bellowed, “No!”
she’d plucked up her skirts to go.
Her back was straight as a knife,
her head held proud, poor girl.
I was sorry,
almost to weeping.

On the way home
I went to church.
I dragged the twins before the crucifix
and knelt down, trying to pray
and keep hold at the same time.
It wasn’t easy. I prayed
that God would forgive me—
that the muck would come out of her dress, that my stepmother wouldn’t die.
It made me think <—- Stanza 12
how all women are the same—
silk or sackcloth, all the same.
There’s always babies to be born
and suckled and wiped,
and worried over.
Isobel, the lord’s daughter,
will have to be married,
and squat in the straw,
and scream with the pain
and pray for her life
same as me.
And thinking of that,
I added one more prayer—
sweet Jesus, come Christmas,
don’t let it be twins.

what is the theme of this poem?

Select all the correct answers.
Which two elements are essential in the introduction of a persuasive essay?
a counterargument
an opposing view
a main argument
supporting evidence
a hook

Fwee points!
Spread kindness<333

Have you ever wondered where chalk comes from? Tiny animals called foraminifera live in the sea. Each of these small living animals makes a tiny shell out of lime. When they die, their shells remain. With time, these shells become layers of white rock which we call chalk. Chalk is often found in places that were once underwater.



Which sentence from the passage BEST supports the main idea that "Real chalk is made by a small sea animal."

Responses

Chalk is often found in places that were once underwater.

With time, these shells become layers of white rock which we call chalk.

Tiny animals called forminifera live in the sea.

Each of these small living animals makes a tiny shell out of lime.

compare and contrast the secret garden mary and colin

How did you visualize Daniel and his father gaining freedom? Did you expect it to happen this way? in Daniels story

In which of the following sentences is the phrase underlined?

If you are feeling sad, you can make yourself feel better by doing a few simple things. You can take a walk (or get another form of exercise), you can talk to a friend, or you can write down your feelings. Writing down the good things in your life will help too. Doing something good for someone else will also help you feel better. If you still feel a little sad, act happy. It works like magic to make you feel better!



Which sentence from the passage best supports the main idea that, "There are many ways to make yourself feel better?"

Responses

If you still feel a little sad, act happy.

Writing down the good things in your life will help too.

Doing something good for someone else will also help you feel better.

If you are feeling sad, you can make yourself feel better by doing a few simple things

Identify the adjectives and state their kinds. ANSWERS ONLY
1. Solomon was a wise king.
2. The tiger is a ferocious animal.
3. The foolish crow opened his mouth to sing.
4. You have no sense.
5. She has little intelligence.
6. He showed much patience.
7. We did not receive sufficient rain this
year.
8. The whole amount was spent.
9. Each hand has five fingers.
10. There are several pictures in this book.
11. There are some apples in the fridge.
12. I have bought six eggs.
13. Each boy was given a prize.
14. I have bought enough sugar.
15. We haven't got enough nails.
16. Whose bag is this?
17. Which way shall we go?
18. Neither answer is correct.
19. Who is the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
20. Most children like cartoon shows.

Please help this is due today! :(
Reread the poem "Fish." Then, follow the instructions that follow.


Fish

Pliant blades of silver light

Cut their way through knots of sea

They are thoughts of sheer delight

A fish-man, what joy to be!

-- Annis Mather


Find two metaphors that stand for "fish" and type them in the appropriate boxes below.

Five-word metaphor:

Four-word metaphor:


If you do this I will give you 30 points and brainly!!

PLEASE ANSWER!!!! WILL GIVE 200 POINTS AND BRAINLYIST

Imagine that you could give one character in the novel advice to help him or her in the story. Whom would you choose, what would you tell him or her, and why? In a short journal entry of about 150 words, and using details from the novel, describe your advice and explain how it would help the character.

PLEASE HELP PLEASE ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Read the paragraph and then select the correct answer below.

Within the branches of a eucalyptus tree in Australia lives one of God's special creations, the cuddly koala. He is often called a koala "bear," but he is not a bear. He is a marsupial or a "pouched" animal. The koala is native only to Australia. He has large bushy ears, a black nose, and no tail. He would make a nice pet, but he rarely survives in captivity. Once hunted for his fur, the koala now enjoys government protection.

"He has large, bushy ears, a black nose, and no tail."

This sentence is an example of a(n) _____.

support sentence
topic sentence
summary sentence
transitional device
introductory sentence
quotation
AWNSER ASAPP PLEASEE WILL MARK BRAINLIST THE CORRECT AWNSER!!!!! PLEASE I HAVE 3 MIN LEFT INTILL I NEED TO TURN IT IN PLEASE!!!!!!

100 points. Please help its due soon. Write a book review about Esperanza Rising.

Make it yourself don't copy from somewhere else.

introduction should include:
a hook to inspire readers to look at or listen to your review. Your hook may be an unusual question, a vivid description, or an interesting statement taken from the book or author.
specific information including the title, author, and genre of the story.
a brief summary of the setting, characters, conflict, and plot. Provide enough details to get readers interested without giving away information that could spoil the story.

The body paragraph of your book review should include

transitions that lead your reader from one thought to another.
an interesting character in the story. Explain a bit about the character and provide textual evidence to support your ideas.
the most interesting event in the story. Describe the scene and explain to the audience why this event is important Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
the tone/mood of the text. Describe the author's attitude about their subject and the feeling the author creates through their diction and syntax. Is the short story or novel suspenseful? Comical? Romantic? What emotions will it bring out in the reader? Will they be sad? Inspired? Angry?
the theme the author is sharing. If you wish, discuss more than one theme. Do not give away the ending, but let readers know what type of life lesson they might learn from reading the text.
any other elements you think are successful in the story, such as figurative language, parallel structure, etc.

The conclusion/evaluation should include

a transition that lets your reader know that you are summarizing your thoughts in this final paragraph.
a recommendation that mentions the type of audience that would most enjoy reading the material. Is it perfect for sports fans? Is it suited for fans of historical fiction? Will it appeal to people who love animals? Create a connection your audience will understand.
a clincher to end your review in a memorable way. Create a final statement, positive or negative, that summarizes your thoughts. Be creative and honest. Write a final comment that perfectly wraps up your review.

Alice Walker

Carole Jenkins


(1)To a family of sharecroppers in Eatonton, Georgia, Alice Walker was born in 1944. (2)As a result of a BB gun accident, she was severely scarred, almost blinded, and had suffering during her childhood. (3)For six years, she would not lift her head or show her face. (4)The scar tissue was removed, and she regained her self-confidence. (5)She graduated as valedictorian of her high school class and was attending Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, for two years. (6) Transferring to Sarah Lawrence College in New York, her first book of poetry Once was published in 1968 while she was there. (7)After graduating from Sarah Lawrence she moved to Mississippi to work in the civil rights movement. (8)She also taught African American studies at Jackson State university during that time. (9)Alice Walker has emerged as one of the most well-known and well-respected contemporary African-American authors. (10)Her interesting and realistic characters and her strong messages continues to combine to appeal to readers everywhere. (11)Much of her writings concern the lives of African-American women and reflect a pride in her heritage. (12)Her third novel, The Color Purple, received both the American Book Award for Fiction and The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.


How would this biographical account of Alice Walker's life be different if it were written as a memoir?

A. A memoir would be written using formal language and a somber tone.
B. A memoir would be written in second person and convey a jovial tone.
C. A memoir would be written in first person and would contain personal experiences from her life.
D. A memoir would be written in third person and would contain dates and locations for the events in her life.

If I’m trying to say “Its their bed.” would i put a apostrophe in between the t and the s in ‘its’?