Read this excerpt from "like mexicans." . . i ignored them and climbed the back fence to see my best friend, scott, a second-generation okie. what is the meaning of the underlined term in this context? a. someone who is from the west and whose parents are from the west b. someone who is racist and whose parents who are racist c. someone who is not mexican and whose parents are not mexican d. someone who is fluent in english and whose parents are fluent in english

Based on the excerpt above taken from this story, what the underlined term (Okie) means as it is used in this context is someone who is from the West and whose parents are also of the same origin. Also, fun fact, "Like Mexicans" is actually a short story by Gary Soto.

The answer is A) Someone who is from the west whose parents are from the west.

jessica, a teenage girl who just wants popularity, does everything to get attention. she puts her hair in a bun and steals her mom's lipstick and such. but then she takes something and it makes her inside and outside appearance  go bad.

i just came up with that in less than 60 seconds, but tweak it up if you like it.

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you didn't give a theme but i did a question like this a while ago so i hope this is what you were looking for.

this quote could be referring to the death penalty. it's questioning the morality of sentencing murderers to death as a punishment, because it seems hypocritical. this quote seems to be arguing for non-lethal punishment for killers.