3. What does An-mei mean when she tells
Rose she is without wood?

She means that she is without a backbone, the ability to give way in the face of hardships or aggression from others.

My parents came here from Colombia during a time of great instability there. Escaping a dire economic situation at home, they moved to New Jersey, where they had friends and family, seeking a better life, and then moved to Boston after I was born. Throughout my childhood I watched my parents try to become legal but to no avail. They lost their money to people they believed to be attorneys, but who ultimately never helped. That meant my childhood was haunted by the fear that they would be deported. If I didn’t see anyone when I walked in the door after school, I panicked. And then one day, my fears were realized. I came home from school to an empty house. Lights were on and dinner had been started, but my family wasn’t there. Neighbors broke the news that my parents had been taken away by immigration officers, and just like that, my stable family life was over. Not a single person at any level of government took any note of me. No one checked to see if I had a place to live or food to eat, and at 14, I found myself basically on my own. While awaiting deportation proceedings, my parents remained in detention near Boston, so I could visit them. They would have liked to fight deportation, but without a lawyer, and with an immigration system that rarely gives judges the discretion to allow families to stay together, they never had a chance. Finally, they agreed for me to continue my education at Boston Arts Academy, a performing arts high school, and the parents of friends graciously took me in. I was lucky to have good friends, but I had a rocky existence. I was always insecure about being a nuisance and losing my invitation to stay. I worked a variety of jobs in retail and at coffee shops all through high school. And, though I was surrounded by people who cared about me, part of me ached with every accomplishment, because my parents weren’t there to share my joy. My family and I worked hard to keep our relationships strong, but too-short phone calls and the annual summer visits I made to Colombia didn’t suffice. They missed many important events in my life, including my singing recitals—they watched my senior recital on a tape I sent them instead of from the audience. And they missed my prom, my college application process and my graduations from high school and college. My story is all too common. Every day, children who are U.S. citizens are separated from their families as a result of immigration policies that need fixing. I consider myself lucky because things turned out better for me than for most, including some of my own family members. When my brother was deported, his daughter was just a toddler. She still had her mother, but in a single-parent household, she faced a lot of challenges. My niece made the wrong friends and bad choices. Today, she is serving time in jail, living the reality that I act out on screen.* I don’t believe her life would have turned out this way if her father and my parents had been here to guide and support her. I realize the issues are complicated. But it’s not just in the interest of immigrants to fix the system: It’s in the interest of all Americans. Children who grow up separated from their families often end up in foster care, or worse, in the juvenile justice system despite having parents who love them and would like to be able to care for them. I don’t believe it reflects our values as a country to separate children and parents in this way. Nor does it reflect our values to hold people in detention without access to good legal representation or a fair shot in a court of law. President Obama has promised to act on providing deportation relief for families across the country, and I would urge him to do so quickly. Keeping families together is a core American value. Congress needs to provide a permanent, fair legislative solution, but in the meantime families are being destroyed every day, and the president should do everything in his power to provide the broadest relief possible now. Not one more family should be separated by deportation. From "My Parents Were Deported" by Diane Guerrero (Copyright © Diane Guerrero, 2014).

Part A
What is a key theme of "Rules of the Game"?
A. The tension between rich and poor is a result of the guilt felt by wealthy people.
B. A friendship with one's peers can be stronger than familial bonds
C. Sexism can make it harder for women to find success and respect
D. Young love and romance can blossom in times of great stress


Part B
Which detail from the story helps develop the theme identified in Part A?
A. Waverly and her brothers enjoy playing in the dark alley near their apartment
B. Waverly is named after the street on which she and the family live
C. At one point a white man takes a picture of Waverly and her friends in Chinatown
D. Chess champion Bobby Fischer is quoted as saying there will never be a woman grandmas

2. What are Bernardo and Francisco doing at the beginning of the play?

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1. PART A: Which of the following best identifies the theme of the text?
A. Hierarchy is necessary for order.
B. Outside forces are persuasive.
C. Security is temporary.
D. Ultimate power is achievable.​

Next day his luggage arrived through the slush—and very remarkable luggage it was. There were a couple of trunks indeed, such as a rational man might need, but in addition there were a box of books—big, fat books, of which some were just in an incomprehensible handwriting—and a dozen or more crates, boxes, and cases, containing objects packed in straw, as it seemed to Hall, tugging with a casual curiosity at the straw—glass bottles.
Which is the best meaning for incomprehensible as it is used in the selected sentence?
A) unorganized; scattered
B) having no limits; boundless
C) impossible to fathom or imagine
D) difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible

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Read the sentence from Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza.

José then explained a remarkable thing about our money.

Which sentence supports a negative connotation for the word remarkable?

For one tostón you get one quarter.
He had already exchanged some of our Mexican currency for dollars.
Mexican centavos and tostones and pesos were good for nothing in the United States.
On the table he laid out the coins, in rows of two for one.

You never know what you might find in a pack of baseball cards . Recently , the Topps Company created three cards featuring America's first President , George Washington . The front of each card has a picture of Washington . The back tells about America's first President . In the center of the pack is a strand of Washington's hair . Topps bought the strands from a man who collects hair of important people from the past .

These packs had some ___

directions

shields

mistakes

curiosities

i will mark brainliest ⚠️⚠️
put in order from first to last

Gilgamesh defeat Humbaba

Gilgamesh voyage to top of mount mashu

Gilgamesh meets queen of heaven Ishtar

The Human Abstract

by William Blake



Pity would be no more

If we did not make somebody poor,

And Mercy no more could be

If all were as happy as we.



And mutual fear brings Peace,

Till the selfish loves increase;

Then Cruelty knits a snare,

And spreads his baits with care.



He sits down with holy fears,

And waters the ground with tears;

Then Humility takes its root

Underneath his foot.



Soon spreads the dismal shade

Of Mystery over his head,

And the caterpillar and fly

Feed on the Mystery.



And it bears the fruit of Deceit,

Ruddy and sweet to eat,

And the raven his nest has made

In its thickest shade.



The gods of the earth and sea

Sought through nature to find this tree,

But their search was all in vain:

There grows one in the human Brain.
1) Read these lines from the poem.



Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.

The poet’s use of simple language —

a) keeps the poem simple in theme and message

b) exaggerates the mood of the poem

c) creates a light contrast to the dark mood of the poem

d ) reflects the poet’s light attitude toward human nature

2) The author compares Cruelty’s actions to those of a —

doctor

hunter

builder

teacher

3) The meter in the poem can best be described as —

irregular throughout the poem

the same on the last line of every stanza

patterned, but changing partway through the poem

strong and patterned throughout the poem

4) What meaning does the raven offer in the poem?

It is a metaphor for life that lives in every tree.

It builds a nest in the dismal tree that grows on the earth.

It represents man’s cruelty to animals as well as to man.

It symbolizes darkness that lives perpetually in the human mind.

5) What role do the virtues and vices play in the making of the tree?

They symbolize the good in humans and how it works to fend off despair.

They act as characters that feed off one another to create a world of despair.

They represent light and goodness in dismal nature.

They exaggerate the bad in the world and how despair can be inevitable.

6)Which of the following statements best describes the structure of the poem?

Free verse with no rhyme or meter

Quatrains of four successive rhyming lines

A regular pattern of rhyming couplets

Unrhymed lines with regular meter

7) The poet creates stanzas that mostly —

contain a single idea in each

tell a series of stories

repeat ideas for emphasis

do not connect with each other

8) The poem’s message is about —

nature’s ability to take over all of man’s best efforts

the dark side of nature

Cruelty’s power to take from others

the dark nature that can emerge from all mankind

Who ever answer it I will give him 100 points and brainliest I swear. Just do it right

Which statement explains how the word agitate contributes to the meaning of the sentence?
Daphne had the ability to agitate her sister to the point that fists would fly. o

it means "help", it shows that Daphne's sister has anger-management issues. o

It means "irritate"; it shows that Daphne's behavior causes her sister's reaction. O

It means "tickle"; it shows that Daphne's sister in extremely ticklish.

It means "delight"; it shows that the author is using a very sarcastic tone.​

To be sure, he had heard the owl's screech for many
and many a night; but he had seen no cause for fear
in this: everything was going along nicely, their little
son was in good health and they, too, knew no
illness. But now the warning of the evil omen was
confirmed. The pigeons which he had himself
brought up were flying away. They were leaving,
thus forecasting the arrival of death.
How does structuring the story to end with this
paragraph affect the reader's perception of events?
A)
Eliminate
B)
The final paragraph complicates things
because it makes the reader wonder if
the man's perception of tRings is
accurate.
The final paragraph is confusing
because it signifies that the departure
of the birds may not really be
happening
This final paragraph is powerful
because it suddenly reveals the bad
thing that could soon happen to the
family
The final paragraph is amusing,
because it shows that folklore is bogus.
C)

Why is this type of interaction important in US society?
A- free speech allows people to help create a better government.
B- do you process laws are guaranteed by the fifth amendment.
C- individual protections are guaranteed by the 14th amendment
D- freedom of the press the government response of public opinion.

She said to me, "I have been to France". (into indirect speech)​

Which of the following reveals an event in the rising action?

A. In the brightness of the wintry sun next morning as it streamed over the breakfast table he laughed at his fears.
B. "Herbert will have some more of his funny remarks, I expect, when he comes home," she said, as they sat at dinner.
C. His mother laughed, and following him to the door, watched him down the road; and returning to the breakfast table, was very happy at the expense of her husband's credulity.
D. His wife made no reply. She was watching the mysterious movements of a man outside, who, peering in an undecided fashion at the house, appeared to be trying to make up his mind to enter.​

tell me something about yourself in the comment and something interesting you like to do something you enjoy and what would be your dream gift for christmas.

PLEASE help not good at these 15 POINTS

What kinds of changes should you make before submitting your essay to a publisher or sending it to the owner of a blog?

what is the definition are body language used to accent or contradict a speaker's message.

can you great people help me with reported speech please?
will award brainliest to best answer=
II. Rewrite from Indirect Speech to Direct speech.

1. Shreya told her mother that she could drive better the following year.
____________________________________________________________________
2. Ranjana told her driver that she had left her water bottle in car that day.
____________________________________________________________________
3. Srini told his friend that he would write with both his hands then and show
everybody.

_____________________________________________________________________
4. Nureen told his sister that they were going to a party that evening.

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5. Anita says that plants take in oxygen.

Why do you think Edwards is considered a voice of authority

Read the rough draft of a student's conclusion to an
argumentative editorial
Which best revises sentence 6 to create a more
appropriate and respectful tone?
A be
(1) Year-round schooling would help student
achievement. (2) Not so much information would have
to be crammed into nine months. (3) Furthermore, the
elimination of long breaks, particularly summer break,
would significantly reduce "learning loss" and the
additional time wasted at the beginning of each
academic year to reteach previously learned material
(4) It is clear that year-round schooling helps students
learn and retain more. (5) The United States is not the
only country to experiment with a year-round school
schedule. (6) Although many still claim that evidence
about year-round school and its link to higher
achievement is inconclusive, these people need to
open their eyes and see that students in these schools
consistently score higher on certain assessments than
students who attend schools with traditional nine-
Although many still claim that evidence about year-
round school and its link to higher achievement is
inconclusive, studies consistently reveal that year-
round students score higher on certain
assessments than those students who attend
schools with traditional nine-month calendars.
O Although many still claim that evidence about year-
round school and its link to higher achievement is
inconclusive, this theory is wrong because students
in year-round schools consistently score higher on
certain assessments than those students who
attend schools with traditional nine-month
calendars
Although many still claim that evidence about year-
round school and its link to higher achievement i

Soldiers of my Old Guard: I bid you farewell. For twenty years I have constantly accompanied you on the road to honor and glory. In these latter times, as in the days of our prosperity, you have invariably been models of courage and fidelity. With men such as you our cause could not be lost; but the war would have been interminable; it would have been civil war, and that would have entailed deeper misfortunes on France. I have sacrificed all of my interests to those of the country. I go, but you, my friends, will continue to serve France. Her happiness was my only thought. It will still be the object of my wishes. Do not regret my fate; if I have consented to survive, it is to serve your glory. I intend to write the history of the great achievements we have performed together. Adieu, my friends. Would I could press you all to my heart.

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Spot the nouns, how many can you identify

Question 5 pts How does King change the meaning and connotation of the word "tension" change in lines 104-119? 18 O In the beginning, tension means flexible and creates a receptive tone. By the end, tension is a conflict in the darkness of racism. On the beginning, tension means mild pressure and creates a somewhat friendly tone. By the end, tension is a strength that can defeat its enemies. O In the beginning, tension means conflict and creates a hostile tone. By the end, tension means stretching the truth about racism. In the beginning, tension means conflict and creates an oppositional tone. By the end, tension is a positive energy that can change the world. uz saved at 10-Nonm​

They are known in history as the “noble Greeks” because of their attainments in literature, sculpture, architecture, and philosophy.
true or false?

Do you know if you could help me on my recent question?

3. Choose the correct answer.
Over the mountain is a(n)
complex sentence
independent clause

phrase

do you agree or disagree. People who are insane know they are insane. And explain why please and thank you.​

A city is facing a budget shortfall and may have to raise taxes. Before taking this step, the mayor decides to form a task force of his supporters and opponents to study the issue and recommend solutions. What leadership quality do the mayor's actions demonstrate?