Answer:
- The simple sentences should be balanced with more complex ones.
- Slang terms should be removed
Its the one that sounds the best that you really like doing so thats what i think about.
A. “Everyone knows at least one of those people who are willing to jeopardize their own health and well-being to help others.” (Paragraph 1)
B. “News stories often focus on grander cases of altruism, such as a man who dives
into an icy river to rescue a drowning stranger or a generous donor who gives thousands of dollars to a local charity.” (Paragraph 4)
C. “Prosocial behavior refers to any action that benefits other people, no matter what the motive or how the giver benefits from the action.” (Paragraph 5)
D. “Do we ever engage in helping others for truly altruistic reasons, or are there hidden benefits to ourselves that guide our altruistic behaviors?” (Paragraph 15)
“Do we ever engage in helping others for truly altruistic reasons, or are there hidden benefits to ourselves that guide our altruistic behaviors?” (Paragraph 15)
Option D.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The article altruism: why we risk our own well-being to help others talks about being good to other people and help them where ever and how ever possible.
Be an altruistic might reap the people benefits which they might have not even expected which would be a result of their being kind and helpful to the other people. But according to the passage, there are few chances of true altruistic being existent.
Sentence No 1. "The low note was a grunting, a rumble, the deep discordant growling of an ill-conditioned dog."
Assuming that nobody would want to be compared to an ill-conditioned dog, this sentence expresses mockery. The term "discordant" itself means inharmonious and off-key. Good music is universally known to be harmonious and pleasing to the ears.
Sentence No. 2 "Then suddenly the singer threw up his face, straightened his tubby figure, rose upon his tiptoes, and with a wagging head and scarlet cheeks emitted such a howl as the same dog might have given had his growl been checked by a kick from his master."
The first part of the sentence doesn't express too much mockery, just a frank description, but the second part of the sentence starting from "emitted such a howl" expresses mockery. In this description, the subject's voice is being compared to a pained animal. "A kick from his master" is known to be a universal punishment for dogs (unless the dog enjoys being kicked which is very, very, unlikely). Unless the goal of the subject is to sound like a punished animal, this is not a compliment. A good voice is pleasing to the ear while a howl, consequence of pain, will be loud, shrill, and abrupt.
Sentence No. 3 "Many a singer far better than this absurd fop had been driven amid execration and abuse from the platform."
The narrator in this sentence is being quite straightforward about his opinion on the subject by declaring him an "absurd fop". Absurd means unusual or inappropriate, so if something is called "absurd" it's in a negative way.
Hope this helps!
