Read the passage from "names/nombres" by julia alvarez. by the time i was in high school, i was a popular kid, and it showed in my name. friends called me jules or hey jude, and once a group of troublemaking friends my mother forbade me to hang out with called me alcatraz. i was hoo-lee-tah only to mami and papi and uncles and aunts who came over to eat sancocho on sunday afternoons – old world folk whom i would just as soon go back to where they came from and leave me to pursue whatever mischief i wanted to in america. judy alcatraz, the name on the "wanted" poster would read. who would ever trace her to me? which main idea is conveyed in this passage? julia’s nicknames her fit into her new culture. julia is determined to hold on to her dominican identity. julia is happier when she is with her family. julia’s dominican name makes it difficult to fit in.

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next

What does wheeler say that dan’l webster can do better than any other frog?

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