Answer:
1. The author's argument is that evolutions in language such as "textspeak" do not ruin our language, rather, they are creative ways of incorporating symbols in technology.
2. The author claims that
a. Changes in language do not demonstrate decay, rather they indicate flexibility.
b. Emoticons are not just faces. They convey feelings.
c. The use of emoticons in language makes ideas to be better clarified. They ease the flow of conversations.
d. A symbol can communicate an entire message.
3. Reasons to support the claims
a. History shows that people have always complained about changes in language but time shows that these changes are not harmful but rather innovations.
b. Emoticons convey feelings of happiness, sadness, or anger during text communications. These symbols aid the flow of communication and clarifies ideas that would otherwise not be understood because the communicators cannot see each other physically.
Explanation:
In the article by Lauren Collister, she argues against the popular belief that emoticons are ruining language. She rather believes that these symbols are innovations that should be embraced by all because they ease the flow of communication. Dating back to A.D 63 when some Latin students began writing the French Language, a scholar tagged the language an "artificial language". Today, this is the language of an entire people.
Innovations in language are to be embraced not rejected.
Let's start like this: in MLA, the author always comes first, so let's list all the options that have the author in the beginning:
<span>A)
Matherne, David. The Peachtree Road Race—A Race Like No Other. Road
Racer Digest March, 2007: 32-33.
B) David Matherne. "The Peachtree Road
Race—A Race Like No Other." Road Racer Digest March, 2007, pp. 32-33.
C) - excluded
D) Matherne, David. "The Peachtree
Road Race—A Race Like No Other." Road Racer Digest, Mar. 2007, pp.
32-33.
now, the surname of the author comes first, but in B) the name is listed first, so our remaining options are:
</span><span>A)
Matherne, David. The Peachtree Road Race—A Race Like No Other. Road
Racer Digest March, 2007: 32-33.
B) - excluded
D) Matherne, David. "The Peachtree
Road Race—A Race Like No Other." Road Racer Digest, Mar. 2007, pp.
32-33.
the title should be in quotation marks so the correct answer is:
</span>
<span>D) Matherne, David. "The Peachtree
Road Race—A Race Like No Other." Road Racer Digest, Mar. 2007, pp.
32-33.
</span>
I like to play baseball. However, I can't throw a ball
very well. The term ‘however’ is used because it is the only term allowed to
make a negation of contrasts between the two ideas. The rest are signaling
addition of ideas (in fact, for instance and besides).
Answer: Pythons are negatively affecting the local ecosystem.
Explanation:
Thousand of pythons are living in the Everglades, is just a fact.
Large rewards are being offered to capture and kill pythons, is also a statement. It's not a reason why pythons should be hunted, just a fact on what you'll get if you kill pythons. Of course... there is a reason why pythons should be hunted, but it is not stated here, so it's not the answer.
People who brought them here as pets created the problem. This isn't explaining the problem, just creating a scapegoat.
