In the second sentence of the second paragraph, the author uses an em dash to set off a list that A
emphasizes the global nature of the injustices he describes
B
warns his audience against feeling complacent about past struggles
С
indicates the extent of his personal engagement with various civil rights struggles around the world
D
stimulates the audience's sympathy by referencing groups with whose struggles they are likely familiar
E
encourage his audience to join a political movement by enumerating issues likely to engage their interest

Remember, here is the text you are reading. you will only be recording your answers here. commonlit_behind-the-native-american-achievement-gap_student.pdfpreview the document which statement identifies the central idea of the text? a. while education of native americans has improved over the years, native americans continue to be isolated from their culture and history in the classroom. b. while the boarding schools of the 1900s were traumatic for native americans, it is unlikely that this is the reason the current generation is struggling in school. c. while a majority of the native american boarding schools have been eradicated, the few that continue to use violence to force assimilation negatively impact the whole community. d. native americans often don’t succeed in school because they have a drastically different perspective of historical events in america. which detail from the text best supports the answer to #1? a. “and yet, anton treuer, many people will say well, look, that was 50 years ago. how can this possibly be to blame for any problems with education in tribal country? ” (paragraph 16) b. “what it really boils down to is that, in spite of it all, although the, you know, the residential boarding school system has been reformed, although not eliminated — believe it or not, there are still four indian boarding schools run by the united states federal government today.” (paragraph 22) c. “but in spite of all it, going to school native in this country really still means getting an assimilation. you go to school. you get a sugarcoated version of christopher columbus and the first .” (paragraph 23) d. “to make a long story short, for 13 years in a row, the tribal language immersion school has had a 100 percent pass rate in state-mandated tests in english, administered in english.” (paragraph 26) how do paragraphs 13-14 contribute to the development of ideas in the text? 13 treuer: oh, absolutely. i, you know, my grandmother went to one of these schools. almost all of the grandparent generation throughout indian country have been to these schools, and it had a very deep impact. at the time of world war ii, most of indian country had a 100 percent fluency rate in tribal languages. that’s over 500 distinct tribal languages being spoken in the united states and canada. 14 today, there are only 183 tribal languages spoken. of those, only 20 are spoken by children. so you are likely — you know, if you have any listeners who are in their 20s, 30s and 40s, you know, they are likely to see 163 tribal languages in the united states go extinct in their lifetimes. and of those remaining 20 languages, there are really only four that have large, vibrant populations of speakers where, you know, we’re sure that they’ll be here 100 years from now. and the others are — you know, could really go either way. a. they show that despite past hardships, it is likely that native american culture will fully recover. b. they show how native american culture continues to be impacted by forced assimilation that occurred in the past. c. they show how older native americans continue to be impacted by past forced assimilation. d. they show how native american children of today are responsible for keeping their languages alive. which quote from the text best supports the answer to #3? a. “almost all of the grandparent generation throughout indian country have been to these schools, and it had a very deep impact.” (paragraph 13) b. “at the time of world war ii, most of indian country had a 100 percent fluency rate in tribal languages.” (paragraph 13) c. “so you are likely — you know, if you have any listeners who are in their 20s, 30s and 40s, you know, they are likely to see 163 tribal languages in the united states go extinct in their lifetimes. (paragraph 14) d. “there are really only four that have large, vibrant populations of speakers where, you know, we’re sure that they’ll be here 100 years from now. (paragraph 14)

What does sterling brown mean when he mentions the chain gang a.) brown is referring to people in general, who are chained in their minds. b.) brown is referring to slaves in chains c.) brown is referring to gangs in the ghetto chained to their crimes and poverty d.) brown is referring to men perhaps prisoners singing/chanting while working.

Read the sentence. the great wave was inexpensive to purchase, costing only about the same as a double of noodles. since lots of copies could be printed and still look good, it made loads of money. which best revises this sentence to create a more formal style and tone? *the great wave was as cheap as buying a double of noodles. since lots of copies could be made and still look great, people started making piles of money. *the great wave was inexpensive to purchase, costing about the same as a double of noodles. since mass quantities could be produced and still look exquisite, it became highly profitable to sell. *the great wave cost next to nothing, practically the same as a double of noodles. since mass quantities could be produced and still look awesome, it became highly profitable to sell. *the great wave was inexpensive to purchase, similar to buying a double of noodles. since lots of copies could be made that still looked amazing, those who sold it made tons of money.