Rune stood at the booth, silently aiming for the target. he was on his 10th try and his last dollar. he desperately wanted that baseball mitt. he drew back his arm, squinted his eyes, and threw the ball directly at the hole in the center of the board. it went straight in the hole! i did it! rune exclaimed to himself. on the outside, the boy remained calm. he did not even smile when the carnival worker handed him the baseball glove. this passage is meant to a. entertain readers with a narrative story about a boy. b. inform readers on how they can win a baseball glove. c. influence readers not to waste money on carnival games. d. express ideas about how hard it is to win a carnival game.

One of the best ways to increase tolerance when communicating with those from other cultures is to practice empathy, which refers to

Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lady bracknell. well, i must say, algernon, that i think it is high time that mr. bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. . i should be much obliged if you would ask mr. bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. it is my last reception, and one wants something that will encourage conversation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much. what aspect of lady bracknell’s behavior does wilde use to poke fun at the importance placed on frivolous events in formal society? her concern with a party instead of mr. bunbury’s health her interest in playing classical music at her reception her jealousy over algernon’s friendship with the sickly mr. bunbury her concern about the health of algernon’s friend

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