Read the excerpt from enrique’s journey.

today, enrique is terrified of another beating. every time someone new jumps onto his car, he tenses. fear, he realizes, to keep him awake, so he decides to induce it. he climbs to the top of the tank car and takes a running leap. with arms spread, as if he were flying, he jumps to one swaying boxcar, then to another. some have four- to five-foot gaps. others are nine feet apart.

how does the narrative technique of characterization support the author’s purpose in this excerpt? it shows how difficult travel has been for enrique. it illustrates the one thing that enrique is afraid of. it explains why enrique does not want to be part of a gang. it demonstrates that enrique takes drastic measures to survive.

Janes father receives a severe punishment at the end of the text. was this punishment fair? did he deserve this punishment? why it why not? should mr brushed have him? use the text to support your argument.

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.

8. "caged bird" right now, i feel like a bird caged without a key everyone comes to stare at me with so much joy and reverie they don't know how i feel inside through my smile, i cry they don't know what they're doing to me keeping me from flying that's why i say i know why the caged bird sings only joy comes from song she's so rare and beautiful to others why not just set her free? so she can fly, fly, fly spreading her wings and her song let her fly, fly fly for the whole world to see she's like caged bird fly, fly ooh just let her fly just let her fly just let her fly spread the wings spread the beauty what is the allusion found in the poem? question 8 options: a) alicia keys b) i know why the caged bird sings c) spreading her wings and her song d) fly, fly, fly