Some stores are testing a new checkout system that allows
shoppers to use their mobile phones to scan items as they
walk through stores and pay at self-service kiosks, skipping
the cashiers’ lines.
the new mobile checkout system reduces long lines and
customer wait times in stores.
what does the second sentence do?
a. it expands on the first.
b. it states an effect.
c. it contrasts with the first.
d. it gives an example.

In a 10-12 sentence response-style paragraph, explore the degree to which you agree or disagree with faulkner’s message. “i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. it is his privilege to man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. the poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to him endure and prevail” (faulkner 773-775).