Read the excerpt from judith ortiz cofer’s poem “el olvido.” a bare, cold room with no pictures on the walls, a forgetting place where she fears you will die of loneliness and exposure. jesús, maría, y josé, she says, el olvido is a dangerous thing. which strategy would be most in enhancing the reader’s comprehension of the poem? skimming the lines for familiar words establishing the meaning of words in english and spanish breaking the lines into shorter phrases rewriting each line by hand.

Write an argumentative editorial that argues for or against young people’s ability to initiate positive change in their communities.

Read the following conclusion for an essay that claims that extreme sports should be more highly regulated because they are too dangerous: whether it is a high level of physical exertion, or extra doses of the "fear factor," it is common for extreme athletes to beat at the door of fate. it is these people who tempt their own mortality, while curious onlookers wait anxiously for the outcome, who must be protected from themselves. which statement provides the most accurate evaluation of the paragraph? a. the closing statement is unsatisfying b. the passage introduces new evidence. c. the thesis is not restated. d. the style is informal and inconsistent.

"ten from the sea to the sand he walks,to look in the soil, but not in the box''!