Read the excerpt from "children of the drug wars." if many children don’t meet strict asylum criteria but face significant dangers if they return, the united states should consider allowing them to stay using humanitarian parole procedures we have employed in the past, for cambodians and haitians. it may be possible to transfer children and resettle them in other safe countries willing to share the burden. what is the author’s purpose in this excerpt? to express an opinion about us asylum policies to prompt feelings of sympathy in the reader to suggest a suspenseful atmosphere about the asylum process to provide facts and details about cambodian and haitian children

Which heroic quality does manjiro show in the excerpt? read the excerpt from heart of a samurai.that night, lying in his bunk, manjiro couldn’t trying the new words. “buttons,” he whispered. “pockets. shoes. bread.” bread was hard to say. he tried again and again. “captain,” he said. “whitfield.”“what are you doing? ” goemon said.“maybe if i learn some words, i can ask questions.”goemon groaned. “more questions! ”“if we don’t learn their language, how will we know what they intend to do to us? ”

As you have learned, epic heroes experience trials along their journeys. using your knowledge from beowulf, create a trial you believe an epic hero like beowulf might face. you will need to write a description of the trial using the aspects of a narrative. the trial can be anything you imagine, meaning you can test the hero in any way you see fit. be creative and have fun with this! let your creativity flow. focus on key attributes of beowulf and use his attributes to create a trial that would truly test him. since beowulf is very strong, a trial involving strength and endurance might be to easy. try thinking outside the box to create a trial that would truly test the hero of the geats. examples of beowulf’s attributes: couragous, loyal, strong, persistant, honorable, confident try to use one or multiples of these attribute when designing your trial. a good way to think of this activity is that you are a hunger games game designer. what could you make that would stump beowulf

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone.