And even though I didn't agree with her then, I knew she understood how much I had suffered during the evening's dinner. It wasn't until many years later - long after I had gotten over my crush on Robert - that I was able to fully appreciate her lesson and the true purpose behind our particular menu. For Christmas Eve that year, she had chosen all my favorite foods. —“Fish Cheeks,” Amy Tan Why does Amy’s mother cook all her favorite foods even though she knows it will embarrass Amy? She wants Amy to remember who she is and her culture. She wants to keep Amy away from Robert. She wants Robert’s family to come back more often. She wants Amy to pretend that she does not like all her favorite foods.

In this unit we learned about arguments and rhetoric. in an argument we use ,not informal language

Read sentence 13 from the draft. some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the spring and summer, but the leaves do not retain their green color for long. which detail would be best to add after sentence 13 to develop the topic? a. since the green color of the leaves that are bright and abundant during the warmer months will disappear by the time it is fall, it is important that the leaves are trimmed and kept freshly cut so that they will last for as long as possible. b. while the temperature outside may dictate when the fall colors of leaves appear, it is only one of many environmental factors that play a part in the changing of colors from green leaves to fall-colored leaves during the cooler months. c. if people want to enjoy the green color of leaves longer, trees should be planted where the environment is warmer and the days longer because chlorophyll in the leaves can only be manufactured and replaced with sunlight and warmth. d. the green chlorophyll normally masks the fall-colored pigments during the warmer months, but as sunlight becomes less abundant and trees become frozen, the fall colors of leaves become more visible as chlorophyll disappears.

How can an author reveal move information about a character