Answer:
An idiom
Explanation:
Now it is time to independently read and reread the passage from Under the Mesquite C. Use
a different reading speed each time you read it, and take notes on what you learn from the
passage at different reading speeds. For example, speed up to skim the text for key words.
Slow down to learn new information. Use the table to record your thoughts.
Very fast: Quickly
skim the text.
Fast: Read quickly,
looking for overall text
structures and theme.
Moderate: Read the
passage at your
normal reading speed.
Slow: Read slowly for
detail and new
information.
Read aloud: Try
reading the passage
aloud or have
someone else read it
to you.
The passage is down below.
señorita
Mami said life would change
after I turned fifteen,
when I became a señorita.
But señorita means different things
to different people.
For my friends Mireya and Sarita,
who turned fifteen last summer,
señorita means wearing lipstick,
which when I put it on
is sticky and messy,
like strawberry jam on my lips.
For Mami, señorita means
making me try on high-heeled shoes
two inches high
and meant to break my neck.
For Mami’s sisters, my tías
Maritza and Belén, who live in Mexico,
señorita means measuring me,
turning me this way and that
as they fit me for the floral dresses
they cheerfully stitch together
on their sewing machines.
For the aunts, señorita also means
insisting I wear pantyhose,
the cruel invention that makes
my thick, trunk-like thighs
into bulging sausages.
When my tías are done dressing me up
like a big Mexican Barbie doll,
I look at myself in the mirror.
Mami stands behind me
as I pull at the starched
flowered fabric and argue
with Mami’s reflection.
“Why do I have to wear this stuff?
This is your style, not mine!
I like jeans and tennis shoes.
Why can’t I just dress
like a normal teenager?
En los Estados Unidos, girls
don’t dress up like muñecas.”
“Señoritas don’t talk back
to their mothers,” Mami warns.
When my aunts aren’t looking,
she gives me a tiny pinch,
like a bee sting on the inside
of my upper arm. “Señoritas know
when to be quiet and let their
elders make the decisions.”
For my father, señorita means
he has to be a guard dog
when boys are around.
According to my parents,
I won’t be allowed to date
until I graduate from high school.
That’s fine with me.
I have better things to do than think about boys—
like prepare for my future.
I want to be the first one in our family
to earn a college degree.
For my sisters, señorita means
having someone to worship:
it is the wonder of
seeing their oldest sister
looking like Cinderella
on her way to the ball.
But for me, señorita means
melancolía: settling into sadness.
It is the end of wild laughter.
The end of chewing bubble gum
and giggling over nothing
with my friends at the movies, our feet up
on the backs of the theater seats.
Señorita is very boring
when we go to a fancy restaurant
decorated with Christmas lights
for the upcoming Posadas.
We sit properly, Papi, Mami,
and I, quietly celebrating
my fifteenth birthday
with due etiquette because
I’m trying my best
to be a good daughter and accept
the clipping of my wings,
the taming of my heart.
Being a señorita
is not as much fun
as I’d expected it to be.
It means composure and dignity.
Señorita is a niña,
the girl I used to be,
who has lost her voice.
Let's complete the information at the table:
Very fast: After skimming the text, we can tell it seems to be about coming of age. It talks of family as well.
Fast: The overall theme is indeed coming of age. The text is structured as a free-verse poem.
Moderate: The speaker discusses how her turning 15 means different things to different people. Everyone seems to feel entitled to demand something from her, to boss her around. Each stanza focuses on different demands and family members, as well as the speaker's feelings.
Slow: The speaker uses enjambment, which means the same sentence is spread over two or more lines. The text conveys frustration and sadness as the speaker realizes growing up means giving up on having fun and being free.
Read Aloud: Rhythm changes with punctuation. The longer the enjambment, the faster and more melodic the rhythm.
The text we are analyzing here is a passage from "Under the Mesquite," a book by Mexican-born author Guadalupe Garcia McCall. The experiences in the book are based on her life and memories as a young Mexican girl who moved to Texas.
As we can see from the passage, McCall discusses the theme of coming of age. We can conclude this was a bittersweet moment in the author's life as it meant less freedom and more responsibilities and expectations to bet met.
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Write about a time when you felt PROUD about something you did or learned.
“I remember feeling PROUD when . . . ”
4 sentences
(this is for my school assignment)
Answer:
I remember feeling proud when I got a 100% on a science quiz. It was one the kind of quizzes where even the lesson barely covers what was in it. It requires you to use your critical thinking, and when I tried it with doubtful hopes, I received a 100%. I remember feeling proud over my accomplishment, and knew it was one worth feeling proud over.
Hope that helps!
-Sabrina
Explanation:
Tigers in some areas are destroyed ________ poachers kill them for their skins.
A. during
B. before
C. because
D. although
Answer:
C
Explanation:
This excerpt uses dialect, which is a characteristic of which American literary style:
A
)
Modernism
B)
Puritanism
Regionalism
D)
Transcendentalism
Answer:
C) Regionalism
Explanation:
A play or drama is composed/structures of different parts. These parts are called
Answer:
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and catastrophe
Explanation:
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Strong Thesis Statements Read the student thesis responses to the writing prompt. Determine which responses are strong, relevant, and well-developed thesis statements and which contain irrelevant digressions. Drag and drop the statements into the correct category. Order is not important.
Writing Prompt: Should student athletes have to be on the honor roll to participate in sports?
Which ones sound like matching thesis and which sound off-topic?
Answer:
top right: strong relevant
top left: irrelevant
middle left: irrelevant
middle right: irrelevant
bottom: strong relevant
lmk if that was wrong
the irrelevant ones didn't answer the prompt clearly
Someone help! And would I put a colon or what? I don’t really know
Answer:
yes I am pretty sure that you would put a semicolon
Explanation:
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READ QUESTION PLEASE HELPLPB:(
Answer:
the state of being whole
Which of the following things would most likely be described as gruesome?
Answer:
pain
Explanation:
1. Part A: What does the phrase 'voice choked' mean as it is
used paragraph 27 in the article?
A to become emotional
B to stop breathing
C to get food caught when eating
D to stop talking
Answer:
A
Explanation:
I don't have context, but typically in writing a "voice choke" is used when someone is feeling overwhelming emotion, causing them to...well, choke.
To become emotional is the phrase 'voice choked' mean as it is used in paragraph 27 in the article. Hence, option A is correct.
What is voice choked?Plagiarism occurs when someone else's thoughts or work is used without giving them due credit, whether with or without permission. All works, both published and unpublished, whether they are in manuscript, print, or electronic form, are covered by this definition.
The misuse of another person's words or ideas without giving due credit is known as plagiarism. In academic writing, plagiarism is the improper attribution of ideas, phrases, or data that has been taken from a source.
Plagiarism is improper for the following three explanations: Given that it is a form of theft, it is inherently wrong. Using someone else's ideas and words as your own constitutes intellectual theft.
Thus, option A is correct.
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Question 6 of 10
What happened when Mom went with Greg to watch Magick and Monsters?
А
She scolded Leland for teaching her son witchcraft.
B
She decided she wanted to join in the game.
С
She ran to the store to get snacks for everyone.
D
She went home as soon as she saw the skull card.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
What two figurative language devices is the following sentence? Tiny turtles swam toward the sunshine while singing softly. a hyperbole b personification c metaphor d alliteration
Answer:
D, alliteration.
Explanation:
"Tiny turtles" is one example used in the sentence. It has the same beginning sound. "swam toward the sunshine while singing softly" is the other example. Even with the other words (twoards, the, while) in the middle of the sentence it is still alliteration. Hyperboles are exaggerations. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." Is an example. You couldn't actually eat a horse, your just explainning that your really hungry. Personification is giving human qualities to something not human. "The grass danced in the wind." Grass can't actually dance, it is moving in such a way in the wind. To be considered personification the thing has to have human qualities, not animal. That is important. A metaphor is comparing two things without using "like" or "as". "The cast on his broken leg was a plaster shackle." The cast on his broken leg is being compared to plaster shackles without using like or as.
I used to have three mouses as pets. Now that I’m older, I’m going to get my childs a pet so they learn how to look after something. But it will be something small. A friend of mine bought her daughter two sheeps!
Answer:
You should get him/her to start a fish then if you want get a hamster or something that's what my mother did and it helped
Explanation:
Elroy behaves most authentically when he-
(A) tacks the envelope to the door
(B) calculates the narrator's wages
(C) whistles to himself
(D) slaps his hands together
Elroy behaves most authentically when he"
"tacks the envelope to the door" (Option A)
Who is Elroy?Elroy Berdahl from the fictional text titled "On the Rainy River" is the protagonist of the novel.
He is depicted as an American Civilian who offers food and shelter to Tim who was on the run from home after he was drafted into the army.
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Draw Conclusions Reread lines 15-29 and 81-85, which show the influence of
Christianity on the epic. What is the purpose of referring to Hrothgar and Grendel in
terms of their relationship to God?
How dose the author describe what most students feel when they are confused
Answer:
I dont know the book that you read therefore i dont know what the author decribed what feeling to who
Explanation:
PLS HELP me and my mom have been working on this for an hour
the blank blank is the blank of rhyme in a poem
PLEASE HELP LOL
Answer:
the rhythm meter is the pattern of rhyme in a poem
Explanation:
Because our world is too focused on video games and cat videos: What Is Your Favorite Book.
we need more discussions like this XD
Answer: harry potter~perry jackson series~and this new book im
getting and forgot the name of...... i assume its good
btw how old are yall
Explanation:
Answer:
my favorite book is the tale of nicholas flamel the immortal
Explanation:
Which sentence is correct? The spiders web is in the corner. The spiders' web is in the corner. The spider's webis in the comer
Answer:
The spider's web is in the corner
Explanation:
an apostrophe is possessive. The spider possesses the web, therefore it's the spider's web.
Which kinds of stories usally have animals as characters?
A.Fairy Tales
B.short stories
C.myths
D.fables
If you answer this question correctly,I will give you brainliest
Answer:
your answer should be myths
Answer:
D
Explanation:
fables usually uses animals and give them human character
It was we, the people, not we, the white male citizens, nor
yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who
formed this Union
What rhetorical device does Anthony use in this passage?
A. Anecdote
B. Parallelism
C. Allusion
D. Antithesis
im
Answer:
d?
Explanation:
I have never forgotten my mothers advice write correctly
Answer:
I have never forgotten my mother's advice.
Explanation:
It is a proper present perfect tense
What is the theme in “The Oilman and His Sons”? How does the theme emerge and develop over the course of the text? Use evidence from the text to support your response. Your response should be at least two complete paragraphs
Text:
There was once an oilman with five sons and they were all married and lived jointly with their father. But the daughters-in-law were discontented with this arrangement and urged their husbands to ask their father to divide the family property. At first the old man refused, but when his sons persisted, he told them to bring him a log two cubits long and so thick that two hands could just span it, and he said that if they could break the log in two, he would divide the property. So they brought the log and then asked for axes, but he told them that they must break it themselves by snapping it or twisting it or standing on it. So they tried and failed.
Then the old man said, “You are five and I make six; split the log into six.” So they split it and he gave each a piece and told them to break them, and each easily snapped his stick. Then the old man said, “We are like the whole log: we have plenty of property and are strong and can overcome attack; but if we separate we shall be like the split sticks and easily broken.”
They admitted that this was true and proposed that the property should not be divided but that they should all become separate. But the father would not agree to this for he thought that people would call him a miser if he let his sons live separately without his giving them their share in the property as their own. So as they persisted in their folly he partitioned the property.
But in a few years they all fell into poverty and had not enough to eat nor clothes to wear, and the father and mother were no better off. Then the old man called all his sons and their wives and said, “You see what trouble you have fallen into? I have a riddle for you, explain it to me. There are four wells, three empty and one full of water. If you draw water from the full one and pour it into the three empty ones they will become full. But when they are full and the first one is empty, if you pour water from the three full ones into the empty one it will not be filled. What does this mean?”
And they could not answer and he said, “The four wells mean that a man had three sons, and while they were little he filled their stomachs as the wells were filled with water; but when they separated they would not fill the old man’s stomach.”
And it was true, that the sons had done nothing to help their father and they were filled with shame and they agreed that as long as their father lived they would be joint with him and would not separate again until he died.
Answer:
The theme is that family should stay together therefore being stronger that way. The five sons did not want to stay together though due to their wives’ wishes. The father compared their relationship to a log. The Oilman said, “We are like the whole log: we have plenty of property and are strong and can overcome attack; but if we separate we shall be like the split sticks and easily broken.” The sons still separated from their father.
The theme emerges as they all fell into poverty. Once they were all divided it was easy for the “log” to fall apart. The Oilman then compares the family to four wells “The four wells mean that a man had three sons, and while they were little he filled their stomachs as the wells were filled with water; but when they separated they would not fill the old man’s stomach.” The theme stayed the same over the course of the passage. They were all stronger together.
Explanation:
Someone please answer this!!
Answer:
Try the last one
Explanation:
Answer:
B, C, D, A, Hope this helps
Does society always make the best choices with scarce resources? Essay 5 paragraphs minimum I will mark brainliest
Explanation:
Society has been developing from the use of scarce natural resources, a fact that can be understood from the first industrial revolution, which directly impacted people's lives, the way of consumption, work, their habits, etc.
The use of scarce resources was then boosted by strong global industrialization, globalization and consumerism. Organizations use environmental resources such as energy sources, wood, water, soil and many others for use in their production process, which can generate serious impacts on the environment, since this constant and unmonitored process can cause air and air pollution. rivers, weakening of the soil, deforestation of forests and various irreversible consequences for nature and for the quality of life of current and future generations.
On the other hand, rampant consumerism can actively contribute to the increase in production and use of scarce resources by organizations, in addition to the increase in the production of waste arising from the disposal of non-degradable products and packaging, which causes pollution and destruction of ecosystems, as has already been observed. in the oceans due to the disposal of plastics.
Society also needs to become aware of the use of scarce resources from the feeding of animal resources, since cattle breeding contributes to deforestation for the formation of pastures, increases the greenhouse effect and uses a large amount of water for the production of meat. .
However, there is a tendency in society to change habits, to raise awareness about the damage caused by exaggerated consumerism, ideally, there should be more and more information available on the importance of environmental preservation and the use of sustainability as a guiding parameter for a better life. balanced and healthy.
Use R.A.C.E. to type a one paragraph, short-answer response to this prompt: How does the author use point of view to reveal what the character is like in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?” Use RACE and the text provided below for a resource and finding text evidence. You can use other evidence from the text if it is not shown here.
Which of these is an effect of continental plates meeting?
a. oceans pour in
b. mountains form
c. plants and animals become isolated
d. people move to different continents
Context is the part of the text or statement that: A. surrounds a particular word and helps determine what it means B. comes after a word and describes it. C. precedes a word and lets you know what part of speech it is. D. means something different than how it sounds.
Answer:
a
Explanation:
context means "the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed." a is the closest answer to the definition
Question
In the passage, the Major's thoughts and feelings are revealed primarily by
O the Major's statements
O Roger's remarks
Sandy's questions
O the narrator's observations
Answer:
the major statements
Explanation:
(answer a )
Summarize the central idea of “U.S. Fish and Wildlife” in one sentence: Summarize the theme of “The Blackness” in one sentence:
Answer:
“U.S. Fish and Wildlife” tem como tema a preservação da vida selvagem e a diominuição dos fatores promotores de extinsão.
"The Blackness" tem com tema a possibilidade de desastres acontcerem em decorrencia da negligencia humana.
Explanation:
The main theme of a text is the subject that the text addresses in a deeper way, trying to generate an impact on the reader on the subject and provoke reflection and creation of arguments among the readers who discuss the theme in question.
In this sense, we can affirm that “U.S. Fish and Wildlife ”has as its theme the preservation of wildlife and the elimination of factors promoting extinction. Since it addresses the need for humans to turn to nature preservation.
On the other hand, "The Blackness" has as a theme the possibility of disasters occurring as a result of human negligence, since it highlights the disaster that occurred with a family after a large oil spill.