Her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment to talk to them: they were having trouble at school or they wanted her to persuade their father to give them permission to go into the city or to a shopping mall or a movie – in broad daylight, mami! laura would wave them out of her room. "the problem with you girls . ." the problem boiled down to the fact that they wanted to become americans and their father – and their mother, too, at first – would have none of it. –“daughter of invention,” julia alvarez what can you conclude about the daughters, based on the passage? check all that apply. they struggle to fit in. they feel supported by their mother. they value their mother’s advice. they embrace american culture. they want to leave new york.

Provide one specific change that malala struggled for. think of how malala describes change and what motivated her to struggle for change. write at one complete paragraph with a minimum of 5 sentences.

Amaze i know not these my hands and yet i think there was a woman like me once had hands like these. -adelaide what type of poem is "amaze"? a. diamante b. american cinquain c. japanese cinquain d. modern cinquain

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader