Read the passage from "the raven and the first men: the beginnings of the haida.”
raven crept into the chief’s dwelling. he appeared as a baby, with raven hair and black eyes. the chief’s daughter adopted the child, never knowing that he was in fact raven the trickster.
the daughter loved the child, but soon the baby began to cry. the sky chief did whatever he could to comfort his new grandson, but the baby was inconsolable. finally, to appease the child, he gave him a small box to play with. raven, as the baby, tumbled and tossed the box until it fell open. whoosh! the stars flew up through the smoke hole in the ceiling, settling in the night sky.
the chief was very upset, but was able to recover, as they were only stars and not very luminous.
based on the passage, the reader can infer that some haida families lived in homes that
were large.
were small.
had windows.
had fireplaces.

mica tricku

- the mistakes that have been done in the past will repeat themselves

- you will trust all the wrong people

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.

the book's theme is the moral ambiguity of the iranian revolution, history of middle eastern relations and the process of growing up during war. it sheds light on the stereotypical views of middle eastern culture and religion.

the author explicitly portrays the issues of class disparities and racism continously throught the whole novel.

the relationship between parents and childrens, the abandonment of faith, modernity vs fundamentalism and class conflict are the 4 main panels that this novel englobes.

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