Read the excerpt from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban.

“Lourdes, I’m back,” Jorge del Pino greets his daughter forty days after she buried him with his Panama hat, his cigars, and a bouquet of violets in a cemetery on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

His words are warm and close as a breath. Lourdes turns, expecting to find her father at her shoulder but she sees only the dusk settling on the tops of the oak trees, the pink tinge of sliding darkness.

“Don’t be afraid, mi hija. Just keep walking and I’ll explain,” Jorge del Pino tells his daughter.

The sunset flares behind a row of brownstones linking them as if by a flaming ribbon.

Which best identifies the magic realism found in the excerpt?
Lourdes’s father returning to her from the dead
the list of items Lourdes buried with her father
the dusk settling on the tops of the trees
the flaring sunset behind the brownstones

Read the excerpt below from "letter from birmingham jail" and then answer the question below: "my citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent resister may sound rather shocking. but i must confess that i am not afraid of the word "tension." i have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. just as socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood." how does king's repetition of the term "tension" impact the meaning of the text? question 5 options: dr. king says that he is afraid of the word tension and he doesn't think it is necessary. dr. king repeats the word tension to explain how he sees the word as a negative force that discourages change. dr. king repeats the word tension unintentionally, and it doesn't impact the meaning of the text. dr. king repeats the word tension to support how he views the word tension as positive and growth-producing.

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How does the allusion to icarus support the author’s tone ? a)it makes it clear that earhart,like icarus ,fell to her death .b)it emphasizes earhart’s failure in spite of her ambition.c)it stresses that the author views earhart’s fate as a mystery.d)it shows that the author sees earhart as a kind of legend can someone