a billion people, two-thirds of them women, will enter the 21st century unable to read a book or write their names,” warns UNICEF in a new report, “The State of the World’s Children 1999.”
UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, points out that the illiterate “live in more desperate poverty and poorer health” than those who can read and write. The shocking number — 1 billion people illiterate — generated frightening headlines in major newspapers.
Poverty in the poorest countries is indeed something that ought to concern all of us, especially in a season when we pause to remember the less fortunate. But as usual, there’s more to this striking statistic than UNICEF tells us. Consider three points.
The Good News. Bad news sells, news watchers tell us. And 1 billion people unable to read and write — about 16 percent of world population — is certainly bad news. But let’s deconstruct the news.
First, UNICEF’s actual number is 855 million, a figure that did not appear in major newspapers. That’s still a large number, but it is 15 percent less than 1 billion.
1)unperceived
2)old mutt
3)territory
4)path
5)mysterious
6)harsh
7)a teenager deeply interested in engineering, exploring, and creating things
8)he believes that gaming and technology can help grow the brain to expand one's learning
9)people to reject computers
10)cocky
Answer:
A
Explanation:
A persuasive essay is an essay that uses logic, reason, and facts
to persuade the reader that the thesis is correct.
Answer:
Many writers use imagery to convey a picture without saying directly what the image is. ... Imagery is an important element in writing. Imagery can stimulate the imagination and create vivid pictures in the mind.(If you look many best-sellers play heavily on imagery)
