Iding characters
what can you conclude about the daughters, based on
the passage? check all that apply.
ould seek her out at night when she
a moment to talk to them: they were
t school or they wanted her to persuade
ive them permission to go into the city or
all or a movie - in broad daylight, mami!
ve them out of her room. "the problem
" the problem boiled down to the fact
ed to become americans and their father -
er, too, at first - would have none of it.
-"daughter of invention,"
julia alvarez
they struggle to fit in.
they feel supported by their mother.
they value their mother's advice.
they embrace american culture.
they want to leave new york.

When doing a close reading, what is involved in the process of annotating a text?

The students who were in favor of adopting the new curriculum wrote editorials for their local newspaper which of these best describes how the information in the editoralw is different from the information in the feature story

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next