Write a new topic sentence for the following paragraph.

these students often go from having no or minimal and come to making upwards of $20-$30,000 per year. without education on how to manage their finances many of these young people often make poor decisions, leading them to accrue credit card debt or purchase expensive items--cars, homes, fully planning out how they'll pay for them. many young people don't understand the consequences of those late credit card payments can have, and taking a financed course before graduation would them understand exactly how difficult it is to rebuild a credit score that's been decimated by a foreclosure or bankruptcy ("the effectiveness").

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?

What is the best strategy for responding to counter-arguments in your persuasive research essay ?

Find a newspaper or magazine (either print or digital form), and select one piece of media to evaluate. after reading/viewing the media, describe it, and explain what you believe the purpose and intended audience of the piece may have been. then, label the techniques (images, layout, video, sound, etc.) that were used, and how those techniques interacted to create either an effective or ineffective piece of media. your response should be at least 200 words.