We believe that all parents want what is best for their children<span>. We also know that our world is changing more quickly than ever before, and sometimes we are swept into new lifestyles before we realize it. Who would have imagined 30 years ago that we would need to encourage parents to send their children outside to play? But, with children spending between 40 and 60 hours per week attached to electronic umbilici, and the balance of their time scheduled between school, sports and other extracurricular activities, educators, doctors and early childcare experts are beginning to see a </span>myriad of negative effects<span> ranging from reduced cognitive </span>
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<span>B. Schools should move away from standardized testing because tests often do more harm than good.
It stays on the topic of testing and is simplistic.</span>
After reading the paragraph, we can analyze how the sentence helps develop it in the following manner:
- The sentence makes a comparison between the two Walls: the Great Firewall and the Great Wall. It shows that both served a similar purpose: to defend the Chinese government.
Inside a paragraph, different sentences will serve different purposes. They help structure the paragraph so that it effectively conveys the author's message.
The sentence we are analyzing here serves the purpose of comparing two different things - the two Walls in China.
Comparing means finding similarities. What is similar between the two Walls is their purpose of protecting the Chinese government.
Learn more about paragraph structure here:
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Pretentious is synonymous to C. SHOWY.
You are pretentious when you attempt to impress people by affecting greater importance or talent than is actually possessed.
Other synonyms of pretentious aside from showy are:
ostentatious, overambitious, pompous, grandiose, extravagant, flamboyant, overblown, magniloquent, and many more.
absurd is synonymous to foolish or unreasonable
argumentative is synonymous to quarrelsome, contrary
annoyed is synonymous to irritated, irk
