To illustrate that hearing so well was disturbing

To prove that she really didn't need a hearing aid

To describe her irrational fear of sound

To communicate that she was frequently interrupted

I listened hard until I heard a faint, unbirdlike, croaking sound.

Songs imagined are as sweet as songs heard, and songs shared are sweeter still.

For the first time, I felt unequal, disadvantaged and disabled.

I imagined capering bullmen and I was disappointed to learn that all we had in the garden were overgrown "baby tears."

people should prepare themselves for becoming deaf

she really isn't very different from other people

she was fortunate to have developed her disability at a young age

disabilities are affecting people with increasing frequency

experienced a sense of loss

felt better prepared for job interviews

was embarrassed about wearing it

was able to enjoy watching television

To include the reader in a personal joke

To suggest that most non-hearing people do not need hearing aids

To highlight the most important aspects of a conversation

To instruct the reader how to treat people with hearing difficulties

acting was not as much fun as it had once seemed

her quest would be more difficult than she had thought

it was time to start thinking about a different career

Hollywood directors didn't think she had much talent

But of course what really made me feel like catching the next bus for Arkansas was that in all the offices I managed to invade, not one casting man had looked at me with sudden interest and exclaimed, "That girl has something."

It tells me no dream is impossible because faith in my inner self will guide me to its fulfillment.

Since then I've found this inner voice always spoke the truth or made me try to find it for myself.

No one in my entire family had ever had artistic yearnings, so they looked upon my girlish dreams as a rather silly and impractical phase, which I would surely outgrow and then settle down in Arkansas like my more sensible cousins.

life in Hollywood was made more difficult by pressure from her family

she knew she would become a successful actress as long as she worked hard

it would have been wise to have gotten a good job before pursuing her dream

failing would be acceptable as long as she had made the effort to succeed

Ethical

Logical

Circular

Emotional

trophy and award sales have become a multibillion-dollar industry

society as a whole suffers when children assume they will benefit from doing very little

adults are responsible for monitoring the learning and emotional development of children

children and parents alike expect trophies and prizes for doing their best

Today, participation trophies and prizes are almost a given, as children are constantly assured that they are winners.

Carol Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford University, found that kids respond positively to praise; they enjoy hearing that they're talented, smart and so on.

In life, "you're going to lose more often than you win, even if you're good at something," Ms.Twengetoldme. "You'vegot to getusedtothattokeep going."

In recent eye-tracking experiments by the researchers Bradley Morris and Shannon Zentall, kids were asked to draw pictures.

To argue that the Inuktun dialect will inevitably be lost in the next 10 to 15 years

To criticize the failure of linguists to document a language before it was nearly extinct

To analyze the linguistic elements of one of the oldest and most pure Inuit dialects

To inform the public of a researcher's effort to document a disappearing language

To provide facts about languages that are disappearing

To highlight the effects of climate change described in the article

To provide multiple theories for why languages disappear

To suggest that it is possible to prevent languages from disappearing

Personal experience

Emotional appeal

Vague generality

Scientific evidence

share many of the same challenges that he faces

are very important to him

have had difficulty understanding his particular struggles

made his invention of groundball possible

should be studied more

does not require skill

causes no harm

helps build relationships

uncertainty leads to navigational difficulties

driving in unfamiliar places should make people uncomfortable

travelers may experience something from a drive that computers can't predict

navigation software has become more reliable

To show that map publishers are engaged in creative activities

To establish that a community of map enthusiasts still exists

To explain how maps can act as mementos

To support his own viewpoint that maps enhance travel

young people are more adventurous than older, more experienced travelers

planning a trip in exact detail takes too much time and effort

less well-known tourist attractions can be as thrilling as the popular ones

it's worthwhile to risk wasting time during a trip in the hopes of being surprised

skeptical

flustered

curious

neutral