One theme of "Raccoon Olympics" is "Adults have a responsibility to protect the influential experiences of younger people." Which evidence best supports the theme? "It will not occur to me until I am an adult to wonder if Paul convinced all the kids he could train wild raccoons to compete in swim meets, or if he just made up a kinder explanation for me."

"Paul doesn't really say what the raccoons look like when they swim. But my swimming raccoons wear goggles and have special swim caps fitted over their ringed tails to decrease drag."

"You ever heard of the Raccoon Olympics?' Paul asks me. I shake my head. He winks. 'No? Well, some raccoons are very good swimmers. But we want to find the best for our Olympic team"

"So, to test their swimming, we drive the raccoons out into the middle of the lake and put them in the water. If they're good swimmers, we start training them for the Olympics-..."

Elie wiesel’s “the perils of indifference” speech how do paragraphs 15-16 contribute to the development of the text’s central idea?

Which statement best describes how these paragraphs develop the central idea of the article? a- they elaborate on the idea that the offer has been made with youngsters in mind. b- they provide additional information as to why the prize is a wagon instead of something else. c- they support the idea that the wagon is attractive to youngsters and is a worthy prize. d- they introduce the idea that the newspaper is a generous organization. read paragraphs 4 and 5. the disc wheel coaster wagon is thirty-six inches long and sixteen inches wide. the coaster is built exactly like a high-powered automobile. the disc wheels have rubber tires and true roller bearings. it runs as smoothly as an eight-cylinder automobile. it is built of the strongest wood and is equipped with a reliable hand brake, enabling the owner to stop in an instant. the tongue—usually the first thing about a wagon to break and render the wagon unserviceable—is so stout that a man can jump on it without breaking it.

Write a researched argument essay in which you take a position that reality television does or does not offer value to society. provide a claim and three reasons to support your claim. you must include evidence from multiple sources to support your claim as well.