In the Counterpoint essay, psychologist Pamela Routledge says that social media relationships “operate with the same rules as offline ones.” Is this true of your relationships? In at least 300 words, compare one of your “offline” family relationships or friendships to one that generally plays out online. How are the “rules” similar and/or different for each? Use examples from the essays to give context to your own experiences.

Preview the following sentence and identify the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence. the brain was riddled with holes, it looked like a sponge. a. bridled c. perforated b. pierced d. b and c select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d mark this and return

Part b: which phrase from the text best support the answers to part a? a. “i don't want to talk to somebody when i go check in at an airport. i just either download the boarding pass to my phone or walk up to a kiosk and get it.” (paragraph 8) b. “you do not have to go far to find someone who disagrees with andrew mcafee, just around the corner to the office of another person at the same university.” (paragraph 11) c. “the set of things that machines do not do like humans is innumerable.” (paragraph 16) d. “you wonder if you're joining that long litany of voices who go down as having made the incorrect prediction one more time, but i think the facts are different this time.” (paragraph 23)

How does the underlined figurative language contribute to the meaning of the poem?