Select GA for General American dialect, NE for New England dialect, or S for Southern dialect to label each of the following characteristics. Two-thirds of the population speaks this. There is a strong r in all positions. It has a melodious speech pattern. It has weakened final consonants. Children are raised, not reared. This comes closest to British English. Greasy is pronounced with a z. It covers the entire western half of the United States.

Which sentence from the text best develops the theme about the importance of compassion for other people? "besides, he was the only person in the whole place with skin nearly as dark as hers." "at first she wanted to intern at her dad's gas station, but her teacher told her she needed to branch out and signed michelle up at the oakcourt nursing home, only 15 minutes away from her house." "still, michelle had been curious, and she felt sorry that erkan had a bad reputation among the staff." "she too had felt like everyone mistrusted her--especially at the nursing home where she was so much younger than the rest of the staff--so she understood how he must feel."