Read the paragraph. (1) military veterans face challenges. (2) they must find work after being out of the civilian labor market for several years. (3) veterans have to develop their interviewing and résumé-writing skills. (4) some navy veterans served on warships, while others may have had duties onshore. which sentence should be eliminated to improve unity of the paragraph?

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.

“skateboarding is a sport combining grace, courage and skill, and here we see it being born.” based on this passage, what inference can you make about the author’s opinion of skateboarding? a. the author does not think skateboarding is a ‘real’ sport. c. the author feels skateboarding should be illegal. b. the author feels skateboarding is only appealing to very young children. d. the author respects and appreciates skateboarding as a sport.

How did hinojosa's mom's experience described in this story impact hinojosa's sense of who she is? 2. how is hinojosa's experience of the united states similar to your own? how is it different? 3. describe a time when you felt voiceless or powerless. what led you to feel that way? were you able to find your voice? why or why not?