Read this opening paragraph from "an indian father's plea" by medicine grizzlybear lake: dear teacher, i would like to introduce you to my son ,wind-wolf. he is probably what you would consider a typical indian kid. he was born and raised on the reservation. he has black hair, dark brown eyes, and an olive complexion. and like so many indian children his age, he is shy and quiet in the classroom. he is five years old, in kindergarten, and i can't understand why you have already labeled him a "slow learner". a. to demonstrate that he has command of the language b. to show that he understands the teacher's perspective c. to remind the teacher of his son's physical appearance d. to reveal his anger at the teacher's behavior

Choose the letter of the word that most clearly expresses the tone in each passage. if you are unfamiliar with any of the words, look them up before you select the correct answer. we have come together this afternoon to mourn the deaths of sixteen miners—our friends and neighbors—who were trapped by fire yesterday, deep below the earth. they lived bravely and they died too soon, leaving behind grieving wives and bewildered children. we bid them a final farewell. question 1 options: forgiving sorrowful angry amused

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

Make sure the topic of your persuasive essay is not a.something someone else is writing about b.a fact c.something you have written about before