PLEASE HELP Having a pen pal in your teens can lead to a global mindset as an adult. Sending handwritten letters through the mail and patiently waiting for a response teaches the value of waiting for a worthwhile reward. Asking questions about topics of mutual concern with a peer from another culture encourages the acceptance of new perspectives and attitudes. Connecting with a pen pal in a different part of the world fosters relationships based on commonalities and common bonds—key elements of true friendship. Having a pen pal is an easy first step to becoming a citizen of the world.

Read the passage carefully. What text-to-world connections could a reader make? Select two.

I don’t like to travel.
I’ve read other texts about writing.
This makes me think about how many international organizations promote peace.
This makes me think about how impatient I can be in my own life.
This makes me think about the importance of current events in other countries.

What is the province of il chicago?

Select the correct text in the passage. which part of this excerpt from homer's odyssey uses an epic simile? the king himself the vases ranged with care; then bade his followers to the feast prepare. a victim ox beneath the sacred hand of great alcinous falls, and stains the sand. to jove the eternal (power above all powers! who wings the winds, and darkens heaven with showers) the flames ascend: till evening they prolong the rites, more sacred made by heavenly song; for in the midst, with public honours graced, thy lyre divine, demodocus! was placed. all, but ulysses, heard with fix'd delight; he sate, and eyed the sun, and wish’d the night; slow seem’d the sun to move, the hours to roll, his native home deep-imaged in his soul. as the tired ploughman, spent with stubborn toil, whose oxen long have torn the furrow'd soil, sees with delight the sun's declining ray, when home with feeble knees he bends his way to late repast (the day's hard labour done); so to ulysses welcome set the sun; then instant to alcinous and the rest (the scherian states) he turn’d, and thus address'd: "o thou, the first in merit and command! and you the peers and princes of the land! may every joy be yours! nor this the least, when due libation shall have crown'd the feast,

How does orwell's characterization of mr. pilkington support his purpose?