4) With time and the release of more recordings, Billie became more commonly known. She recorded with Count Basie and Artie Saw in the late 1930s. A number of Billie’s songs became famous even outside the world of jazz, and she began to break out from her genre. In 1939, Billie recorded one of her most famous songs, Strange Fruit. This lamentable and soulful single was about acts of racism in the South. Billie’s music touched many people. After the release of Strange Fruit, Billie became more famous and sang all around New York. During the early 1950s, Holiday continued recording and did a successful tour of Europe.

What is the cause and effect relationship suggested in paragraph 4?

A) Billie Holiday wrote the song, "Strange Fruit," after her European tour.
B) The release of her single, "Strange Fruit," caused acts of racism in the South.
C) Count Basie and Artie Saw were responsible for Billie Holiday's success in Europe.
D) Billie Holiday became more famous due to an increased number and variety of recordings.

a lot

explanation:

in the short story the slip-over sweater by jesse stuart, the main character and narrator shan is friends with grace, an intelligent girl he has known since childhood and with whom he used to be in love.

at the beginning of the story, shan believes he’s no longer in love with grace, but loves jo-anne instead. in order to buy a slip-over sweater and have jo-anne wear it so that the other students would know she loved him too, shan takes a loan at the bank.

while jo-anne is wearing shan’s sweater, his friend grace starts to wear another popular boy’s one, roy’s sweater. because of that, the other students begin to pay attention to grace and compliment her perseverance and effort. they admire her for walking 5 miles to school every day, despite the weather, and still getting the best grades. shan, who knows all of that for a fact, says, as the narrator, ‘and i knew she had the durability and the toughness of a storm-battered mountain oak.’ he compares his friend’s strength – not only physical, but also of character – to an oak tree, whose wood is known for being sturdy.

as the story goes on, shan changes his behavior out of concern for the debt he has to pay at the bank. his new girlfriend jo-anne never asks him what is wrong nor offers any sort of . instead, she breaks up with shan for not being as fun as she thought he was supposed to be. grace, however, not only asks about shan’s problem, but him make the money he needs. shan can’t but notice how different the girls are and what a wonderful person grace is.   even though he used to find jo-anne prettier at the beginning of the story, he now says, ‘grace was as beautiful as our mountain was in april, prettier than a blossom of wild phlox or a mountain daisy.’ his comparing grace to a mountain or something that exists on a mountain (such as a mountain oak or daisy) certainly has important meaning since shan loves the mountain and everything about it and he knows the mountain thoroughly. shan also loves and knows grace as completely as he does the mountain.

intelligent is the best word to describe ivan markovitch.

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