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PART A: Which of the following identifies the central idea of the text?

A
Día de los Muertos is always evolving, but what’s important is maintaining the original essence of the holiday.
B
While purposes for celebrating Día de los Muertos have changed, it’s important that how the holiday is celebrated is consistent.
C
When holidays and traditions are adopted by mainstream media, like Día de los Muertos was, they tend to lose their original spirit.
D
As Día de los Muertos becomes more popular in America, it is being celebrated in a casual manner that disrespects the holiday.

Read the paragraph. [1] this year, the linden high school debate team is bigger than ever. [2] neither the students nor the faculty advisor has much experience, but it’s a smart, capable, argumentative group! [3] we’ve tried to make a schedule that allows us to study, prepare, and scrimmage. [4] only one of us are able to practice on thursdays or fridays, which can be inconvenient. [5] even so, we feel prepared and excited for this year’s tournaments. [6] our first debate is on october 10th, and we are excited that it is so soon. which two sentences have subject-verb agreement errors? sentence 2 and sentence 4 sentence 2 and sentence 1 sentence 3 and sentence 5 sentence 4 and sentence 6

What symbolic aspect did brother vu and mother leave behind? book = inside out and back again

Before ending this lesson, take a moment to review an informative research essay you have written. you’ve probably already written a conclusion to the essay. but is it the best conclusion it can be? does it properly summarize the main subtopics of your essay? does it state in one or two sentences the “so what” of your topic. if your topic was abraham lincoln, your essay shouldn’t be just about abraham lincoln. it should answer, “so what about abraham lincoln? ” take five or ten minutes, and looking only at that single paragraph, revise your conclusion