Ruslan Brown WRITING ASSIGNMENT #3 - Lord of the Flies
PROMPT
The boys didn't get along very well, did they. Well, suppose you were sent in to straighten
things out. Pretend you are a mediator sent in to smooth things over between the two main
groups of boys. Your assignment is to persuade the boys to get along better. You have called
them all together for a meeting, and the composition you write is the speech you will give to the
boys persuading them to get along with each other.

DDTUDITI
English

Why it's time to lay the stereotype of the 'teen brain’ to rest 2. part b: which detail from the text best supports the answer to part a? a “brain deficits don’t make teens do risky things; lack of experience and a drive to explore the world are the real factors.” (paragraph 1) b “according to this theory, the prefrontal cortex, the center of the brain’s cognitive-control system, matures more slowly than the limbic system, which governs desires and appetites including drives for food and sex.” (paragraph 5) c “in experiments that mimic the well-known marshmallow test, in which waiting for a bigger reward is a sign of self-control, adolescents are less impulsive than children and only slightly more so than adults.” (paragraph 12) d “the majority of adolescents do not die in car crashes, become victims of homicide or suicide, experience major depression, become addicted to drugs or contract sexually transmitted infections.” (paragraph 14)