"Nowhere was there a trace of Belkis, Ada, Gladys, or any of my Dominican tias-a good sign, I thought, that
sounded 'so American.'" (Paragraph 2)
How does this sentence best help the reader
understand the author's growth as a writer?
O 1. It shows how the author pushed herself to learn
and change as a writer at an early age.
02. It demonstrates the value of imitating other
writers before attempting to write in an original
style
3. It tells how the author avoided her cultural
background in her early writing instead of
embracing it
O 4. it implies that removing all personal references
in writing is a defining characteristic of the
modern era

Correct sentence. when her brother boarded the ship bound for america, christina stood on the pier and tearfully waved goodbye.

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.

According to the new york times article, death of a salesman connects to modern audiences since it deals with elusive success and financial ruin such as occurred on wall street in 2006-2008. question 2 options: a) true b) false