Read the following sentence from desert exile: the uprooting of a japanese-american family, a memoir by yoshiko uchida that describes life in an internment camp. what is the author’s purpose in writing the narrative? excerpt from desert exile: the uprooting of a japanese-american family by yoshiko uchida shivering in the cold, we pressed close together trying to shield mama from the wind. as we stood in what seemed a breadline for the destitute, i felt degraded, humiliated, and overwhelmed with a longing for home. and i saw the unutterable sadness on my mother’s face. to inform the reader of the weather conditions when they arrived to inform the reader about the physical and emotional suffering endured by people in the camp to inform the reader that they had to stand in a line to get supplies to inform the reader that her mother was a very frail woman

They always say that juvenile delinquency is a problem. a.)them b.)everyone c.)a noun

Which two passages in this excerpt from the death of ivan illych does leo tolstoy use to suggest that ivan ilych feels like his life is slipping away from him? "what's the use? it makes no difference," he said to himself, staring with wide-open eyes into the darkness. "death. yes, death. and none of them knows or wishes to know it, and they have no pity for me. now they are playing." (he heard through the door the distant sound of a song and its accompaniment.) "it's all the same to them, but they will die too! fools! i first, and they later, but it will be the same for them. and now they are merry . . the beasts! " anger choked him and he was agonizingly, unbearably miserable. "it is impossible that all men have been doomed to suffer this awful horror! " he raised himself. "something must be wrong. i must calm myself—must think it all over from the beginning." and he again began thinking. "yes, the beginning of my illness: i knocked my side, but i was still quite well that day and the next. it hurt a little, then rather more. i saw the doctors, then followed despondency and anguish, more doctors, and i drew nearer to the abyss. my strength grew less and i kept coming nearer and nearer, and now i have wasted away and there is no light in my eyes.

Which traits are strongest in your persuasive essay: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, or conventions?