Read these lines from Rudyard Kipling's "If": If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;

What does the phrase "not to make dreams your master" mean in this excerpt?

determine the difference between what is real and false

allow dreams to dictate actions and behaviors

achieve a balance between hopes and responsibilities

give up dreams in favor of the advice of others

achieve a balance between hopes and responsibilities

Explanation:

I took the test, also, if you think about the lines "If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;

If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;'' you can see that Kipling non-explicitly tells the reader to: achieve a balance between hopes and responsibilities. Therefore, this is the correct answer.

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader