Passage^ Part A
Which sentence or phrase indicates a transition in this excerpt?
A. "At the third glass his eyes got brighter, and he began to talk"
B. "Twenty-one years of it,' said Mr. White, nodding at his wife and
son"
C. "The old man rose with hospitable haste, and opening the door,
was heard condoling with the new arrival."
D. "When he went away he was a slip of a youth in the warehouse.
Now look at him."

Part B
What purpose does the transition serve in this excerpt?
A. To indicate how the sergeant-major has changed since he left the
warehouse 21 years earlier,
B. To show how the scene changes once the sergeant-major
arrives.
C. To indicate that the sergeant-major was ill at ease and possibly
uncomfortable when he first arrived, and it took a little time for
him to relax
D. To explain how long the sergeant-major had been traveling the
world

Using the library or the internet as a resource, locate and watch two different live production interpretations of act iii of our town. then, compare and contrast how the two interpretations represented the original play. did either of the interpretations make any changes to the original material? if so, how did it affect your experience as a viewer? did you interpret the characters any differently after watching the live productions? why or why not?

Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.

How did mlk jr.’s “voice” in his speeches shape the civil rights movement