Read this excerpt from an argumentative essay. One problem with allowing cell phones in the classroom is that they can be used for harmful purposes. Kids have learned how to bully each other through text messages and social media.

Which answer choice provides the best evidence to support the ideas in the excerpt?

A scientific study published in a magazine shows that some kids are addicted to using their cell phones.
In a recent survey, 53 percent of students reported that they had used their cell phones to call their friends during class time.
Text messaging has become the number one way for kids to communicate with each other.
In a recent survey, 22 percent of students reported that they had received a hurtful text message from someone at school.

Romeo and juliet have fallen in love, even though their families despise one another. based on the excerpt, what are the two main purposes of this prologue?

Using the library or the internet as a resource, locate and watch two different live production interpretations of act iii of our town. then, compare and contrast how the two interpretations represented the original play. did either of the interpretations make any changes to the original material? if so, how did it affect your experience as a viewer? did you interpret the characters any differently after watching the live productions? why or why not?

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.