Today’s top professional athletes often have salaries and bonuses in the tens of millions of dollars. Do you think these athletes deserve such a high compensation? Why or why not? Explain your position and use specific reasons and examples.

The consequence of jim smiley’s human foible adds to the story’s humor. what foible does smiley demonstrate?

“skateboarding is a sport combining grace, courage and skill, and here we see it being born.” based on this passage, what inference can you make about the author’s opinion of skateboarding? a. the author does not think skateboarding is a ‘real’ sport. c. the author feels skateboarding should be illegal. b. the author feels skateboarding is only appealing to very young children. d. the author respects and appreciates skateboarding as a sport.

Which characteristic is common to memoirs? a. they analyze all sides of a particular issue. b. they give the entire life story of an author. c. they may include fictional characters. d. they are written in first-person point of view.