Read the excerpt from Outcasts United. "She's a girl," he said. "She doesn't know what she's talking about." Luma ordered him to stand in goal. She took off her shoes as the boy waited beneath the crossbar, rocking back and forth and growing more anxious by the moment. She asked for a ball, which she placed on the grass. Then, barefoot, as the team looked on, she blasted a shot directly at the boy, who dove out of the way as the ball rocketed into the net. Luma turned toward her team. "Anybody else?" she asked. Based on Luma’s actions, which statement best describes the theme in this excerpt?
Gender is not a defining factor in athletic ability.
The best soccer players are usually girls.
Do not be afraid to show off your sports skills.
Luma shows everyone that she knows how to play.

answer; i believe that the   correct answer is (d)the use of descriptive words that bring your reader into the story, not using literal words for check luck

henry david thoreau and ralph warren emerson earned the name transcendentalists.you could assume that transcendentalists come from a well educated background from people that were alive before the american civil war.these people, mostly new englanders, mostly around boston, were attempting to create a uniquely american body of literature. it was already decades since the americans had won independence from england. and so they deliberately went about creating literature, essays, novels, philosophy, poetry, and other writing that were clearly different from anything from england, france, germany, or any other european nation.another way to look at the transcendentalists is to see them as a generation of people struggling to define spirituality and religion in a way that took into account the new understandings their age made available.