"nor can it be said that any unknown literary continent or province is brought to light with the prize to gabriel garcía márquez. for a long time, latin american literature has shown a vigour as in few other literary spheres, having won acclaim in the cultural life of today. many impulses and traditions cross each other. folk culture, including oral storytelling, reminiscences from old indian culture, currents from spanish baroque in different epochs, influences from european surrealism and other modernism are blended into a spiced and life-giving brew from which garcía márquez and other spanish-american writers derive material and inspiration. the violent conflicts of a political nature - social and economic - raise the temperature of the intellectual climate. like most of the other important writers in the latin american world, garcía márquez is strongly committed, politically, on the side of the poor and the weak against domestic oppression and foreign economic exploitation. apart from his fictional production, he has been very active as a journalist, his writings being many-sided, inventive, often, provocative, and by no means limited to political subjects." the purpose of paragraph three is a. to influence the reader's opinion of marquez. b. to describe marquez's writing influences and excellence. c. to explain how marquez uses themes of death and vitality. d. to clarify the reason why marquez's popularity is a reality.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. isn’t this like condemning socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? isn’t this like condemning jesus because his unique god consciousness and never ceasing devotion to god’s will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion? what rhetorical technique does martin luther king employ in this excerpt from “letter from birmingham jail”? select all that apply. allusion extended metaphor figurative language simile

In the poem, anne bradstreet discusses the themes of death and solace, or relief from pain. analyze the development of these themes in the poem. how and why does the speaker relate these two concepts? cite evidence from the poem to support your answer

Activity construct an argument about a topic, theme, or idea that you read about in william shakespeare's romeo and juliet, act ii or act iii. make sure you create a central claim for your argument that is debatable. provide textual evidence from the play to support your argument. here are some ideas for your essay. notice how each topic is focused and specific. you may write about one of these topics or choose your own focused and specific topic: discuss juliet's level of maturity and compare it to romeo's. compare how the two characters react to the events after their marriage, when romeo is banished from verona. discuss the balcony scene. does the knowledge of romeo and juliet's final fate influence the meaning of the balcony scene or the audience's interpretation of it? discuss the characters of tybalt and romeo as they relate to the theme of family and the theme of love. explain how the character of tybalt develops the theme of family and how the character of romeo develops the theme of romantic love. discuss the character of friar laurence. what motivates him to romeo and juliet to defy their parents? part a choose a topic based on what you read in act ii or act iii of romeo and juliet. then write a thesis statement. part b identify two or three short excerpts from the play as textual evidence to support your thesis statement. part c write a 300-word essay arguing the thesis of your analysis. (i mainly need on part b and c)