Read the writing excerpt from one of your fellow students and answer the questions that follow: In paragraph 12-14, McGonigal’s supporting claim is how people aren’t just interested in their own reality anymore. She talks about how they’d rather game for hours than be involved with their everyday life. And she adds this so that the readers can understand a bit of the way these gamers prefer gaming than doing something that's actually productive for them. She supports this claim by also saying how, “we are creating a massive virtual silo of cognitive effort, emotional energy, and collective attention lavished on game worlds instead of the real world”. McGonigal also includes how “hundreds of millions of people worldwide are opting out of reality for larger and larger chunks of time”. She is using this to explain the steadily increasing amount of gamers, who are constantly gaming for the majority of their day/week.

What could you use from this text to change your writing?

When lawrence saw the posters for the circus hanging on the bulletin board, as he swept up the trimmings at slim's barbershop, he knew he would be taking his little cousins. they loved animals, and he was looking forward to seeing the smiles on their faces as the circus performers amazed them with their stunts. but sweeping up hair clippings didn't pay a whole lot. lawrence spent 45 dollars just getting tickets. but it was worth it to see his cousins' faces. the day finally came and everyone was excited as they walked into that big circus tent. but lawrence soon realized that he and his cousins would be thirsty and hungry. as they sat in their seats, the drink vendor walked by selling beverages. desperately thirsty, lawrence asked him how much a lemonade would cost, and the drink vendor said, "eleven dollars each." lawrence replied, "oh, that's it? just eleven dollars? what a great deal for one cup of lemonade. that's totally worth it." the drink vendor walked away. which type of irony is used?

Abelief that one's culture is superior to another.

Which evidence supports the inference that nora is afraid of what torvald will say if krogstad tells him about her forgery? do it for my sake—for your own sake—for the children's sake." "you don't know what that letter can bring upon us." "yes, it's too late." "you will never have to do that."