Technology, like life, evolves to meet new challenges. people wanted a faster tool for making mathematical calculations, so they developed the processor. the need for a more efficient way to transport data inspired the internet. which revision would strengthen this introductory paragraph and generate reader interest? a. include a quotation from a famous inventor b. include the number of new technologies developed in the past ten years c. include a metaphor to describe benefits of new technologies d. include example of other fascinating technologies

In at least one hundred words, discuss how the man with the umbrella in sorrentino’s “there’s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella” is an example of an extended metaphor and what central theme he conveys.

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

View a film and read a text-based representation of your hero, such as a modern graphic representation of your hero (comic book, graphic novel). compare how your character is represented in text and how your character is visually represented. next, you will compare how this information informs the idea of what it means to be a hero.