“I, Too” by Langston Hughes
2) paradox of social injustice
6) uses free verse
“From the Dark Tower” by Countee Cullen
1) a reference to Walt Whitman's, "I hear america singing."
3) uses set meter and rhyme scheme
5) tone of anger and resentment
<span>4) symbol of wasted efforts
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Answer:
My mother said that she wanted her house to look clean and nice at Tet holidays.
Among the choices, option B. Hasn't, is a singular contraction. "Hasn't" is the shortened word for "has not". The rest of the choices are plural contractions: Don't from do not, Haven't from have not, and Weren't from were not.
Answer:
Among the options given on the question the correct answer is option C.
The reference to “pennies” reveals the historical context of the story.
Explanation: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a novel by Betty Smith which was published in 1943 during the world war II. The story was based on an impoverished but aspirational girl and her family in the Williamsburg,Brooklyn. However in the excerpt the reference to pennies reveals the historical context of the story. Because the penny remarks the time of the incident based on the story. Referencing to the penny readers can imagine the time and place of the story.
Other options in the question is not regarding the historical context of the story. They are the settings of the writer's view.
So the pennies refer to the historical context.
Answer:
1 - Non- fiction
2. summarizing
3. Title
4. Main idea
5. Infer
6. Compare
7. Contrast
8. Author
Explanation:
Author - the person who wrote the article or text.
Contrast - to tell how things are different.
Compare - to tell how things are alike.
Infer - to use information the author has given you plus your prior
knowledge to find the meaning of the text.
Main idea - what the text is mostly about.
Title - the name of the article or text
Summarizing - to make a brief statement about the essential ideas in a text
Non-fiction - writing that concerns real events and is intended to explain,
inform, persuade, or give directions.
