Which statement is the best summary of the
central ideas in the whole passage?
O Tan is not easily discouraged, even when
others do not think she is good at something,
O Tan is still embarrassed by her earliest
attempts at writing fiction because she
assumed that she could use her mother
tongue.
Tan disproved assumptions, including her
own assumptions about what type of English
was best for fiction, by choosing to write.

30 points! answer plz! read this passage from the declaration of independence. prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. the english spoken in 1776 is considered late modern english, but some differences between jefferson's usage and our own are evident. what archaic expression does he use and how would you word the phrase in correct contemporary english?

Refer to the list of words parts on the left to answer the questions. what prefix is used in the word incredulous? what suffix is used in the word incredulous? what word root is used in the word incredulous?

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read the following excerpt from the novel "oliver twist" by charles dickens. although oliver had been brought up by philosophers, he was not theoretically acquainted with the beautiful axiom that self-preservation is the first law of nature. if he had been, perhaps he would have been prepared for this. not being prepared, however, it alarmed him the more; so away he went