Most people attribute the changes in society of the last 10-15 years to the Internet. In doing so they fail to give enough credit to cell phones and other portable communication devices.
Such technological devices have "fractured" society not by driving wedges between people, but
by allowing people to drive wedges between themselves.
Before cell phones and other portable communication devices, people could not
communicate at a distance as freely as they do today. Friends who chose to go to different
colleges would communicate through letters and infrequent phone calls. Upon arriving at
college, they found that they could not rely on old friends to be there all the time, and because
of this, they attempted to make new friends. Today, these same people do not have to seek out
new friends because they can communicate instantly with old friends across great distances
through phone calls and text messages. As a result, they meet fewer new people and spend
less time outside of the world in which they feel comfortable.
The fractures that we see in today's society are a direct result of this kind of change.
Technology gives people the option of not exploring the worlds that exist outside of their daily
lives, interests, and closest friends. Far too many people choose that option.

5. Which sentence from the article above best supports the idea that technology can be harmful?
A. "Upon arriving at college, they found that they could not rely on old friends to be there all the
time, and because of this, they attempted to make new friends."
B. "Before cell phones and other portable communication devices, people could not communicate
at a distance as freely as they do today."
C. "Today, these same people do not have to seek out new friends because they can communicate
instantly with old friends across great distances through phone calls and text messages."
D. "These devices have 'fractured' society not by driving wedges between people, but by allowing
people to drive wedges between themselves."

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

hmm, sadly there is no dialogue. there is no place in the story where he is talking to anyone. it's more of just describing what he eats and where he sleeps. you have to become anne frank, give details of where you are, what other folks look like, how the environment is. have a little bit of dialogue tell of what people are specifically saying. anne frank talked about her entire household including the people, the objects, the lighting, the food they ate, and even the smell in the air. there has to be more to your diary entries, the whole story in its current state is only about peter van daan, the food, the sounds, and where he sleeps. also he seems to be writing only once a year yet more than that happened from day to day. for a friend, i can you write it out, if you want.

in the 1890s, southern states enacted a new form of black codes, called “jim crow” laws. these laws made it illegal for blacks and whites to share public facilities. this meant that blacks and whites had to use separate schools, hospitals, libraries, restaurants, hotels, bathrooms, and drinking fountains.

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