Read the excerpt from "in response to executive order 9066".
i am a fourteen-year-old girl with bad spelling
and a messy room. if it any, i will tell you
i have always felt funny using chopsticks
and my favorite food is hot dogs.
why does okita include this description of the speaker?
o to emphasize the cultural differences between japanese americans and other americans
to accentuate the social injustice of japanese americans being interned
o to highlight the fact that the speaker is no different from any other average american girl
o to call attention to the tear in the narrator's relationship with her best friend

(1) one of the most popular festivals in southeast asia is diwali, the hindu festival of lights. (2) diwali means “row of lights.” (3) several legends claim that the festival was created to celebrate the homecoming of lord rama after more than 14 years of exile. (4) after lord rama defeated the demon ravana, the people placed small lanterns outside of their houses to light their leader’s way home. (5) today, the festival honors many different gods and traditions. (6) most people view diwali as a celebration of hope and a time to remember that good will always overcome evil. (7) people celebrate the five-day festival with an abundance of lights, fireworks, food, and music. (8) many families also pay their respects to different gods by building small altars in their homes. jordan has decided that moving sentence 4 before sentence 3 will improve the organization of the report. is jordan correct in her revision? a) yes, because the revision explains why rama was exiled b) no, the revision disrupts the logical order of the report c) no, the revision moves the answer away from the posed question eliminate d) yes, the revision improves the chronological order of the report