Read the excerpt, and highlight clues that you identify the central idea. "we have a right to go to that school, and i'm certain our governor, who was elected to govern all the people, will decide to do what is just." i felt myself speak aloud before i was ready. who said that? it sounded like me, but the words . . where had they come from? the white reporters wrote my words down and behaved as if what i said was very important. pride welled up inside me, and for the first time, i knew that working for integration was the right thing for me to be doing. –warriors don’t cry, melba pattillo beals what is the central idea of this passage?

The central idea is working for the integration of black and white students in the U.S schools.

Explanation:

These are the clues from the text that lead to the central idea: "...have a right to go to that school" ; "The white reporters wrote my words down.."; "... behaved as if what I said was very important.." ; and  "Pride welled up ". The text is an excerpt from the play " Warriors Don’t Cry" and one of the themes of the play is the prominence of race relationships.

the struggle to end racial segregation

subject: why anyone can be a genius.

occasion: moving forward in life.

audience: average person

purpose: to push you further in life

speaker: many famous geniuses.

here is the poem:

here is thy, and here is thee, genius is for what he can be.

poem is a matter of rhyme, but like ben frank said, life is a matter of time.

we have great inventors such as thomas edison, who said, "genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration." no, no perspiration as what comes from your skeleton.

we have great minds, from places of all kinds, such as yu kaw la chi tie, (now im switching languages because yu kaw was japanese.)

てちハラスイヒイス, てちラスイヒイス

てちのちみスイヒイス.

you are a genius, well not yet, but you are capable, and that is a bet.

tree and the cat in the tree