Do you think people today are, like Sedaris,
using media to distract
themselves from the
pain of introspection or
are they simply filling
their time with harmless
entertainment? Explain
your answer.

What excerpt from a student essay maintains the most objective tone

That pattern of stanzas from which a poem is built is called ?

Me which theme is developed by the changing relationship between the narrator and his daughter in this excerpt ? as she grew older, she spent more of her time with girls. so much time indeed did she spend with them that she came no more, as she used to do, to her father’s room. i was scarcely on speaking terms with her. when mini and her father stop communicating, it develops the theme that children should not speak unless spoken to. as mini becomes more independent, it develops the theme that parents must learn to let go as their children grow up. as mini spends more time with friends, it develops the theme that young people are more influenced by peers than by parents. when mini and her father see each other far less often, it develops the theme that absence makes the heart grow fonder.