Read the excerpt from enrique’s journey. he was five years old when his mother left him. now he is almost another person. read the excerpt from "children of the drug wars." children from central america have been making that journey, often without their parents, for two decades. what do the excerpts have in common? a. both point out the tragic nature of situations in which children make journeys without their parents. b. both describe what immigrant children must do to survive when traveling to the united states. c. both explain why most children want to leave central america without their parents. d. both indicate the tragic problems and their consequences that children in central america must face.

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Read the excerpt from the poem "growing up italian" by maria mazziotti gillan and answer the question that follows. when i was a little girl, i thought everyone was italian, and that was good. we visted our aunts and uncles, and they visted us. the italian language smooth and sweet in my mouth. in kindergarten, english words fell on me, thick and sharp as hail. i grew silent, the italian word balanced on the edge of my tongue and the english word, lost during the first moment of every question. source: gillan, maria mazziotti. "growing up italian." poetrymagazine.com. poetry magazine, n.d. web. 30 mar. 2011. what is the tone of this poem? what does the tone reveal about the speaker of the poem and the conflict she faces? based on this excerpt, what can you predict about the theme of the poem?

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