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Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".
What type of conflict is presented in this excerpt?
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The house fell silent a moment, before Yoyo heard, far off,
the gun blasts and explosions, the serious, self-important
voices of newscasters reporting their TV war.
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A conflict with other characters.
A conflict within one character.
A conflict with nature.
A conflict within society.

Describe a theme that the author develops through these two excerpts. then analyze how the two excerpts interact and build on one another to develop this theme. be sure to use specific details from the text to support your ideas.

Which sentence from the story best illustrates how jeannette feels about her family’s choice of vacation?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.