Which line from “raymond's run” best illustrates the theme “being yourself is more important than impressing others”? i much prefer to just knock you down right from the jump and save everybody a lotta precious time. i get up and slip off my sweat pants and then i see gretchen standing at the starting line, kicking her legs out like a pro. maybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . you know . . like being people. every time, just before i take off in a race, i always feel like i’m in a dream, the kind of dream you have when you’re sick with fever and feel all hot and weightless.

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Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

Which of the following is an appeal to reason? (5 points) a statistics or other facts that will bring audiences to a logical conclusion b positive references to the audience's sense of right versus wrong c strong organization and use of proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar d descriptions of events or places that have meanings to the audience