Answer:
I don't think the paragraph catches attention.
Explanation:
The paragraph appears to be a persuasive text, and to make your text successful in changing others' mindsets, it needs to be appealing enough for the readers to go through all the way. It does follow TBEAR elements, but it is too dull to change anything. To make it worthy of readers' attention, you have to keep evidence short. Ignore the parts of the evidence that is not necessary.
<em>If I got it wrong, I will return the points to you through another question. Have a good day! :)</em>
"She said she could play the piano"
Indirect speech isn't quoting the character's exact words but instead reporting what they/she/he said- It is also sometimes called reported speech
reported speech
[reported speech]
a speaker's words reported in subordinate clauses governed by a reporting verb, with the required changes of person and tense (e.g. he said that he would go, based on I will go).Also called indirect speech. Contrasted with direct speech.
Answer:
body's
Explanation:
It actually would be bodies in that sentence.
<span>In his book Walden, a reflection on the act of living as simply as possible, Thoreau spoke at length on the impact of technology on our daily lives and humanity as a whole. He believed that technology was leading to a degradation of our relations with one another and with the natural world. He cited the construction of a telegraph line from Maine to Texas, saying,"We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph line from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate." We can see them same in our modern day quest for the "next big thing"; snapping up the latest iPhone for hundreds of dollars, posting ever more on social media, with many having nothing important to contribute to a wider world despite access to that world at an unprecedented level. As a society, we have at our fingertips the lessons and work of all the world's great thinkers and scholars, and yet a great number of people use the potential at hand to watch funny cat videos. I believe that this is a sign of the degradation that Thoreau spoke of made manifest.</span>
