Read the following passage:
i knew how to act and the right things to say, but i felt like a
phony. i really cared about lilly and i wanted her parents to
like me, but this world was so different from mine. i wasn't
comfortable in these clothes or around their friends. i felt
like they could see right through me - like they knew
where i came from and who my parents were.
what is one plot development that would make the cultural conflict worse in
this story?

a. the narrator becomes upset with himself for acting like someone
he's not

b. lilly's parents unknowingly criticize the profession of the narrator's
father.

c. lilly tells the narrator she is going away to college and suggests
they should break up.

d. the narrator shares his insecurities with lilly, who considers them
carefully.

The gift of the magi analyze the various characters in the story. list which character types—dynamic, round, static, and flat—you observed in the story. cite evidence to support your response.

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

Ill she not be here anon? is she not hurrying to upbraid me for my haste? have i not heard her footstep on the stair? do i not distinguish that heavy and horrible beating of her heart? what is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt? it emphasizes usher’s misunderstanding. it emphasizes usher’s love for his sister. it emphasizes usher’s psychological fixation. it emphasizes usher’s melancholy nature.