What is the author's primary purpose in this passage?
to inform readers that the train had reached its stopy
Which phrase best supports the author's purpose?
How does the memoir genre allow the author to
achieve his purpose in this passage?
Through the windows, we saw barbed wire; we
understood that this was the camp
Suddenly there was a terrible scream: "Jews, look! Look
at the fire! Look at the flames!"
And as the train stopped, this time we saw flames rising
from a tall chimney into a black sky..
We jumped out. I glanced at Mrs. Schächter. Her little
boy was still holding her hand.
In front of us, those flames. In the air, the smell of
burning flesh. It must have been about midnight. We had
arrived at Birkenau, reception center for Auschwitz.
-Night,
Elie Wiesel

Langston hughes cited walt whitman as one of his greatest influences and some believe that hughes wrote "i, too, sing america" in response to whitman's "i hear america singing." using on whitman's poem. consider aspects such as structure, there, word, choice, etc., as you craft your response. your response will be scored on how well you: -demonstrate your understanding of the ideas of the text -use evidence from the text to develop and support your ideas -organize your response in a logical manner -demonstrate an appropriate writing style through the use of precise word choice and varied sentences -use standard conventions for writing

What theme is the main theme of this excerpt from the metal pig by hans christian andersen? in the garden of the grand duke's palace under the roof of one of the wings were a thousand roses bloom in winter, a little ragged boy had been sitting the whole day long. the boy might serve as a type of italy lovely and smiling and yet suffering. he was hungry and thirsty but no one gave him anything and when it became dark and they were about to close the gardens, the porter turned him out. a long time he stood musing on the bridge which crosses the arno and looking at the glittering stars that were reflected in the water which flowed between him and the wonderful marble bridge trinita. he then walked away towards the metal pig, half note down, clasped it with his arms, and, putting his mouth to the shining snout, drink deep droughts of the fresh water. close-by lay a few salad leaves into chestnuts, which register for his supper. no one was in the street but himself. it belonged only to him. he boldly seated himself on the pig's back, leaned forward so that his curly head could rest on the head of the animal, and, before he was aware, fell asleep. it was midnight. the metal pig raised himself gently, and the boy heard him say quite distinctly, hold tight little boy, for i am going to run, and way he started for most wonderful ride first they arrived at the p as the del granduca and the metal horse which bears the dukes statue made allowed

What is the main conflict in this excerpt from “rumplestiltskin” by the brothers grimm?