“In the field of its highest development, in the United States, the pursuit of wealth, stripped of its religious and ethical meaning, tends to become associated with purely mundane passions, which often actually give it the character of sport.” Who is the author of this statement?

“Language, in particular, can aid in decolonizing the mind. Thinking in one’s own cultural references leads to conceptualizing in one’s own world view, which, in turn, leads to disagreement with and eventual opposition to the dominant ideology.” Who is the author of this statement?

“Small town life in antiquity as well as in the Middle Ages imposed such limits upon the movements of the individual in his relationships with the outside world and on his inner independence and differentiation that the modern person could not even breathe under such conditions. Even today the city dweller who is placed in a small town feels a type of narrowness which is very similar.” Who is the author of this statement?

“Symbolic capital—another name for distinction—is nothing other than capital, in whatever form, when perceived by an agent endowed with categories of perception arising from the internalization (embodiment) of the structure of its distribution, i.e., when it is known and recognized as self-evident.” Who is the author of this statement?

“If, for example, the mind must suddenly deal with what it takes to be a radically new form of life…the response on the whole is conservative and defensive. The threat is muted, familiar values impose themselves, and in the end the mid reduces the pressure upon it by accommodating things to itself as either ‘original’ or ‘repetitious.’” Who is the author of this statement?

“Of course, dispossession of Native peoples was the origin, and continues to be the core, of U.S. foreign policy. From the Indians of the Americas to Pacific Island Natives, to the indigenous peoples of Asia, the U.S. has an unbroken record of invasion, land theft, and genocide.” Who is the author of this statement?

Identify the controlling idea in the topic sentence below: Bicycle riders should take precautions when riding on crowed city streets.

Identify the controlling idea in the topic sentence below: Bicycle riders should take precautions when riding on crowed city streets.

Identify the sentence type. The cost of the cheapest computer is at least $200, and since this is more than an individual fisherman can afford, several fishing villages together can pool their money and buy one to share.

Read the sentence below and identify it as an opinion or fact that needs proof. Thousands of young people begin smoking every day.