This excerpt is from 'I am Malala'.
Explanation:
- Malala once stole her friend's jewelry and later confronted that she would never steal or lie. She feels guilty and prays to God for forgiveness.
- It made her question Pashtun custom, that believed every mistake should be corrected with a punishment as a good deed is reciprocated with a good one. She learned to forgive others.
- Malala was a moral person and she spent most of her childhood running errands for other people. The theme of family is related to the theme of courage.
Answer:
Listen, pay attention, hear, attend, acknowledge
, concentrate on hearing
,
give ear to
, lend an ear to
, hang on someone's words, concentrate on, be attentive, harken, hark, to hear something with thoughtful attention.
Cause and effect is a common way to organize information in a text. Paragraphs structured as cause and effect explain reasons why something happened or the effects of something. The cause and effect text structure is generally used in expository and persuasive writing modes.
Answer:
C) very, very happy
Explanation:
the phrase "on top of world" is used to describe the feeling of joy, or extreme happiness.
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.
