She spends her days
slicing jamón y queso and wrapping it in wax
paper
tied with string: plain ham and cheese
that would cost less at the A&P, but it would not
satisfy
the hunger of the fragile old man lost in the folds
of his winter coat, who brings her lists of items
that he reads to her like poetry, or the others,
whose needs she must divine, conjuring up
products
from places that now exist only in their hearts—
closed ports she must trade with.

–“The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica,”
Judith Ortiz Cofer

Which phrase would a performer most likely emphasize?
Why would a performer most likely emphasize this phrase?

What favorite memory did the giver share with jonas? in the giver.

Which of these events inspired many of stephen crane’s writings, including the story “an episode of war”?

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.