The incomes of middle- and working-class americans was dealt a severe blow during the 1980s. (2) a major reason was a decline in industrial jobs. (3) the economy became less devoted to manufacturing goods and more focused on providing services. (4) many manufacturing jobs, especially in the steel and auto industries, were transferred from the united states to third world countries. (5) as a result, millions of blue-collar workers in the midwest and northeast were stranded. (6) they were forced into much lower-paying jobs with fewer benefits and opportunities for advancement. the pattern of organization of the selection isa. definition and example.  b. cause and effect.  c. comparison and/or contrast. 

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

1. this would be first person. it would be like "i walked home from school today" they are the narrator of the story and is a character as well.

2. first person because they used the word "i" in the quote.

3. i'm really not sure about this one i'm really sorry i never read it so i wouldn't know how to answer it. 

4. it would be character vs. society because everyone he meets there is always a conflict of some sort because he's stuck in his daydream.

5. it would be sadness at the loss of youth because the title itself tells us it's about age so it couldn't be about regret. and the tone just sounds sad, not angry. 

i hope this !