How can literacy benefit our lives?

When you read books, that assists in sharpening your vocabulary. Writing is also a good creative outlet, and can be therapeutic to some people. So, being literate is honestly quite beneficial.

repetition is used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and/or develop a sense of urgency.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".