100 PTS Read this excerpt of a speech that Javier is writing about the topic of a longer school day. I don’t think we should have a longer school day. Children already spend 7 hours in school. If parents and teachers want students to do better in school, they should make smaller classes and pay teachers more money instead of extending the school day. Which best addresses the counterclaim that “students should have a longer school day” and belongs in the blank space in Javier’s speech? The school day now lasts from early in the morning to late in the afternoon, which is long enough for children to have to sit in school. With a longer school day, students would not get a chance for free play, which studies prove helps students develop the creative thinking skills they need. I’ve heard that some countries have longer school days and not as much homework, which seems to suit those students well. I have a really long school day because I go to after-school programs until my dad comes to pick me up after he finishes his workday.

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder. when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information. the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag. the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward. the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away. the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward. wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.