Part one: read this excerpt from “life without go-go boots” by barbara kingsolver and answer the question. 1 we lived in the country, in the middle of an alfalfa field; we had no immediate access to bobbie brooks sweaters. i went to school in the hand-me-downs of a cousin three years older. 2 she had excellent fashion sense, but during the three-year lag her every sleek outfit turned to a pumpkin. 3 … my black lace-up oxfords, which my parents perceived to have orthopedic value, carried their own weight in the spectacle. 4 i suspected people noticed, and i knew it for sure on the day billy stamps announced to the lunch line, “make way for the bride of frankenstein.” which of the numbered sentences from the excerpt shows the most commentary and why? part two: read this excerpt from “life without go-go boots” by barbara kingsolver and answer the question.1  we lived in the country, in the middle of an alfalfa field; we had no immediate access to bobbie brooks sweaters.2    i went to school in the hand-me-downs of a cousin three years older. she had excellent fashion sense, but during the three-year lag her every sleek outfit turned to a pumpkin.3  … my black lace-up oxfords, which my parents perceived to have orthopedic value, carried their own weight in the spectacle.4  i suspected people noticed, and i knew it for sure on the day billy stamps announced to the lunch line, “make way for the bride of frankenstein.”which of the numbered sentences from the excerpt shows the most immediacy and why?

1 – says something about family’s social and economic status

answer: my favorite subject is choir

explanation: it is choir becuase you can sing and have fun singing at the same time with your friends.

1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.