Read the passage. excerpt from "interview with simon ortiz" by laura coltelli my formation with regards to language was the dzehni niyah of the acoma people: "the way they spoke," the way they thought and felt, the way they perceived. so the writing cannot but be fundamental. i can only be who i am as an acoma person. i cannot be anything else. tzah dze guwaah ihskah nudahsqkunuuh, "i cannot be anything else."refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this interview. how does ortiz's use of language and words from the acoma people affect this excerpt? a)it reinforces the idea that ortiz’s cultural background shaped his identity and how he views the world. b)it reflects ortiz’s claim that ancient languages and cultures are superior to the english language and modern culture. c)it gives this part of the reading a far more academic and professional tone. d)it demonstrates ortiz's point that he is part of a culture and a tradition that is incompatible with the mainstream.2. read the passage. excerpt from "the author to her book" by anne bradstreetyet being mine own, at length affection would thy blemishes amend, if so i could. i washed thy face, but more defects i saw, and rubbing off a spot still made a flaw. refer to explorations in literature for a complete version of this poem. how does bradstreet’s use of figurative language in these lines affect their meaning? a)the lines use alliteration, repeating the sound, to stress the great secrecy that the author wants to maintain with regard to her book. b) the lines use vivid imagery to show how pleasant it is to compose a piece of writing that others admire or enjoy. c)the lines use verbal irony to convey the silly humor of an author trying to wash the face of her book. d)the lines use personification to further suggest that the book is like the author’s child, which she does her best to care for and make perfect.

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Plagiarism quiz read both the paragraph below and the information following it that identifies the source using the american psychological association format. then read each of the numbered statements and determine if each is plagiarized or not. circle “yes” if the statement is plagiarized, “no” if it is not, and then fix the “yes” answers). original source the presence of the taiwanese on everest was a matter of grave concern to most of the other expeditions on the mountain. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid, risking further lives, to say nothing of jeopardizing the opportunity for other climbers to reach the summit. but the taiwanese were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified. camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby, who announced his intention to make a solo ascent of the southwest face, one of the peak’s most dangerous and technically demanding routes—despite the fact that his himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking. krakauer, j. (1998). into thin air: a personal account of the mount everest disaster. new york: anchor books, 122 - 3. student samples yes 1. there was a very real fear that the taiwanese would suffer a calamity that would compel other expeditions to come to their aid(krakauer, 1998). no) 2. many climbers overestimate their abilities, as krakauer (1998) explains when he writes of peter neby, whose himalayan experience in the past “required little more than vigorous walking” (122 - 3). no 3. jon krakauer (1998) discusses other concerns besides those of unpredictable weather and his own climbing group’s capabilities. for example the existence of a taiwanese group on everest was a matter of serious unease to most everyone else on the mountain. yes/no 4. krakauer (1998) states that the taiwanese group was not the only inexpert climbers to attempt mt. everest: camped beside us at base camp was a twenty-five-year-old norwegian climber named peter neby. . [whose] himalayan experience was limited to two ascents of neighboring island peak, a 20,274-foot bump that required little more than vigorous walking (122 – 3). yes/no 5. the author asserts that the taiwanese “were by no means the only group that seemed egregiously unqualified.” yes/no 6. in his book into thin air, jon krakauer (1998) discusses many of the dangers he noted prior to his disastrous attempt to climb mt. everest in 1996. among them were encounters with other groups and individual climbers who were ill-trained and ill-equipped to handle the demands of such a climb.