<span>QUESTION: A writer wants to develop an argument on the following issue: Social media can be a distraction, but its uses outweigh its drawbacks. Which answer offers the most precise argumentative claim on this issue?
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Explanation: Depending on the writers beliefs of the issue stated above, the argument can be that the issue is true / positive or it can be false / negative towards the statement.
<span>1. With all that social media sites have to offer, it is not surprising that people spend so much time on it that they waste their days. (This does not address the benefits / uses.)
2. </span>Social media sites offer a great many benefits to people for communication, and no one should avoid it on principle. (This is pro-social media it does not argue the negative drawbacks.)<span>
3. ANSWER: While social media sites often distract us from our daily duties, with balance, there are useful ways it can improve our lives. This statement A.) Addresses & acknowledges the negative - distraction. B.) Offers a solution - time management. C.) Concludes that </span>there are useful ways it can improve our lives.<span>
</span><span>4. Given our dependence on social media, it's no wonder we have lost the ability to do simple tasks like talk to people face-to-face. (This argues only the negative side and does not mention benefits.)</span>
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I've never read this book, but from what I can tell from this context, it seems like the answer is most likely is blind trust.
Explanation:
The Maasai are thought of as the typical cattle herders of Africa, yet they have not always been herders, nor are they all today. Because of population growth, development strategies, and the resulting shortage of land, cattle raising is in decline. However, cattle still represent "the breath of life" for many Maasai. When given the chance, they choose herding above all other livelihoods. For many Westerners, the Maasai are Hollywood's "noble savage"—fierce, proud, handsome, graceful of bearing, and elegantly tall. Hair smeared red with ochre (a pigment), they either carry spears or stand on one foot tending cattle. These depictions oversimplify Maasai life during the twentieth century. Today, Maasai cattle herders may also be growing maize (corn) or wheat, rearing Guinea fowl, raising ostriches, or may be hired by ecologists to take pictures of the countryside.
Prior to British colonization, Africans, Arabs, and European explorers considered the Maasai formidable warriors for their conquests of neighboring peoples and their resistance to slavery. Caravan traders traveling from the coast to Uganda crossed Maasailandwith trepidation. However, in 1880–81, when the British unintentionally introduced rinderpest (a cattle disease), the Maasai lost 80 percent of their stock. The British colonizers further disrupted Maasai life by moving them to a reserve in southern Kenya. While the British encouraged them to adopt European ways, they also advised them to retain their traditions. These contradictions resulted, for the most part, in leaving the Maasai alone and allowed them to develop almost on their own. However, drought, famine, cattle diseases, and intratribal warfare (warfare among themselves) in the nineteenth century greatly weakened the Maasai and nearly destrtoyed certain tribes.
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Read more: <span>http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Tajikistan-to-Zimbabwe/Maasai.html#ixzz4lDPcYFKL</span></span>
I believe the answer is D
Power can corrupt anyone would be the correct answer.
