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is to
Read the passage from "I Know Why the Caged
Bird Sings."
Mrs. Bertha Flowers was the aristocrat of Black
Stamps. She had the grace of control to appear
warm in the coldest weather, and on the
Arkansas summer days it seemed she had a
private breeze which swirled around, cooling
her. She was thin without the taut look of wiry
people, and her printed voile dresses and
flowered hats were as right for her as denim
overalls for a farmer. She was our side's answer
to the richest white woman in town.
O explain to the reader the way people dressed
in Black Stamps
O instruct the reader on the local customs in
Black Stamps
O inform the reader of Mrs. Flowers's social
position in Black Stamps.
teach the reader how Mrs. Flowers's fashion
affected Black Stamps.

Read the following excerpt from "harrison bergeron" by kurt vonnegut: he tried to think a little about the ballerinas. they weren't really very good-no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. they were burdened with sashweights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. george was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. but he didn't get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts. what message about the role of media is best supported in this excerpt? a. media are the reason george is able to watch ballet. b. media change people's values, making them more selfish. c. media tend to make audiences' worldviews the same. d. media can be used to distract audiences from the truth.