Read the excerpt from brighton beach memoirs, by neil simon. eugene one pitch, mom? i think i can get him to pop up. i have my stuff today. kate your father will give you plenty of stuff when he comes home! you hear? eugene all right! all right! kate i want you inside now! put out the water glasses. blanche i can do that. kate why? is his arm broken? (she yells out again) and i don’t want any back talk, you hear? (she goes back to the kitchen) eugene (slams the ball into his glove angrily. then he cups his hands, making a megaphone out of it and announces to the grandstands) "attention, ladeees and gentlemen! today’s game will be delayed because of my aunt blanche’s headache…" which stage direction or line of dialogue from this excerpt best the audience understand eugene's perspective? slams the ball into his glove angrily. eugene one pitch, mom? kate why? is his arm broken? then he cups his hands, making a megaphone.

Which pair of uses of figurative language from "the caged bird" support the extended metaphor of freedom versus oppression? back of the wind; floats downstream his wings are clipped; his feet are tied the caged bird sings; the free bird thinks dawn bright lawn; grave of dreams

Aids is growing fastest in the poorest countries of africa. these nations don’t have enough doctors, medical labs, or money for medicine. a recent study showed that only a small percentage of hiv-infected children in africa are getting any medical treatment at all. what central idea is emphasized in both sources? the hiv/aids epidemic in africa is serious. the hiv/aids epidemic in south africa is serious. the hiv/aids epidemic among african children is serious. the hiv/aids epidemic among south african children is serious

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next