Anderson was 38 years old when Speak was published, yet she captures a teen girl's voice through her diction, syntax, and imagery. To explore how, choose two quotes you think sound particularly authentic, and write a response in a double-entry journal that explains how the quotes contribute to the narrator's teen voice. What inferences can you draw about the character of Melinda based on these quotes?

Acomplex sentence contains . one subject and one verb

How does the narrator describe her parents treatment of nnamabia following his various crimes and wrongdoings

Which sentences from part 1 of the call of the wild would best serve as evidence of the theme "sometimes survival depends on knowing when not to fight"? buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. to be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. he had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. but to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. he saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. he had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. that had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. they would never get another rope around his neck.