Answer:
The author by providing an informative about the stream of conscious and unconscious construction states that friends are an important sense of validation.
Explanation:
'With friends like these..' is an informative literary text where the author describes how friends are an essential part when it comes to enjoyment of life. In lines 9 to 27 ie from the third paragraph the author explains the construction of our brain in a conscious and unconscious way. The author says we as a human being often guess about the situations when we cannot see the reality directly. And when our ideas takes the shape of reality, that's when we feel that our ideas are validate, we feel secure and happy, but when those same ideas are proved wrong, we feel unsettled and distressed.
The author then connects this information with the idea that friendships are essential to our sense of who we are. They are an important sense of validation. When a friend validates our idea that something is as we see it, when we feel reassured, relaxed, and safer.
16 is A because you would put a period after Ave because it is abbreviated .
17 is B because you put a comma after the city and dont put anything with the state. for example Defuniak Springs, FL
18 should be Your math facts, Carly, need much more drill. you are directly speaking to Carly. so Carly would be the appositive in the appositive phrase
19 is the first one. you put a comma after the day on a date. example May 5, 2018 and when you state what day it is then there is a comma there. example Monday, May 5, 2018.
Answer:
D. There should never be new information in your concluding paragraph, that you have not put in your introdution.
