Growing political pressure to address immigration is met with resistance by an increasing hispanic population. what evidence best supports this student's topic statement? a. "most of the laws relating to immigration were codified by the immigration and nationality act of 1952." b. "data released by the u. s. census bureau in 2004 showed that by 2003 hispanics/latinos had become the largest minority group in the u. s." c. "granting amnesty encourages the violation of our laws, and perpetuates illegal immigration." d. "two other states with large latino populations--florida and new york--had much higher percentages of latinos of central or south american or caribbean ancestry."

Which tone best fits a business letter

Read this excerpt from "hope, despair, and memory" and answer the question. and yet it is surely human to forget, even to want to forget. the ancients saw it as a divine gift. indeed if memory us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living. how could we go on with our daily lives, if we remained constantly aware of the dangers and ghosts surrounding us? the talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. only god and god alone can and must remember everything. which of the following demonstrates one of the metaphors and its meaning in the above excerpt? forgetting = a divine gift forgetting = danger remembering = ability to learn remembering = a divine gift

1. a poem that tells a story irony 2. taking on human characteristics narrative 3. a direct comparison between two things personification 4. words that are opposite the thoughts in a speaker's mind simile 5. implied comparison introduced with "as" and "like idiom 6. one's own manner of speaking metaphor