Highlight words or phrases that signal a cause. Giuseppe D'Amico, Teresa's father, had a hard time finding a job in America. He was an electrician by trade, but he couldn't get a job in Manhattan because the electricians were already unionized. —"Sicurella Family" from "Island of Hope, Island of Tears," Ellis Island National Monument Online Choose one cause that a signal word in the text helps you identify. What was the effect of the cause you chose?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

What idea-generating technique allows members to intentionally develop unconventional or outlandish ideas? brainstorming

Distinguish the key claim gandhi uses to build his argument for why he should be imprisoned under the current law. click here to read the excerpt of gandhi’s speech from 1922.