These were no ordinary panelists to the officials of clothing companies, food giants, media dot-coms and others attending the marketing conference. they were american teen-agers, articulating the consumer habits of a group projected to spend a staggering $155 billion this year. so they applauded the answers of these chicago-area high school students, laughed at every attempted joke and flooded them with questions for an hour. where do you buy things? what books do you like? what's your favorite band? do you prefer tv or the internet? what is the central idea of this passage? many people are interested in what teen-agers have to say. officials from clothing companies and others go to marketing conferences. companies want to learn about how teen-agers spend money. teen-agers spend billions of dollars a year.

According to the article, what is the author's point of view toward rebellion in adolescence (i. e. good, bad, necessary evil)? cite evidence from the text in your answer. (source is rebel with a cause: rebellion in adolescence)

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is different from honey. it offers a stronger sweet flavor, and like steel or plastic, it had to be invented. in the age of sugar, europeans bought a product made thousands of miles away that was less expensive than the honey from down the road. that was possible only because sugar set people in motion all across the world—millions of them as slaves, in chains; a few in search of their fortunes. a perfect taste made possible by the most brutal labor: that is the dark story of sugar. how does the comparison of sugar to honey reveal the authors’ purpose? it persuades readers that sugar tastes better than honey. it informs readers that there is a connection between slavery and sugar. it informs readers that honey had a major impact on society. it persuades readers that sugar is as important an invention as steel.

Wind blowing briskly leaves falling from the tree which best identifies the form of poetry represented by the stanza? 1.) free verse2.) iambic pentameter3.)sonnet4.) quatain