The air was thick. As I walked into the room to find an empty chair, I could feel the steam around me. Eyes felt like daggers through my body. I waited motionlessly for the meeting to start, my heart beating wildly and my mouth dry.
The principal began with his Introductions and described the purpose of the meeting. We were to brainstorm ways of dealing with the issue
In a positive manner. Once suggestions were started, they began rolling in like waves. The air suddenly became easier to breathe. My body relaxed
and my pulse settled down. Maybe I could even speak up with my own ideal
How did the narrator feel at first?
O 1. slightly embarrassed because there was no place to sit
2. out of breath because of the lack of oxygen
O 3. bored because the meeting was not personally important
4. anxious and uneasy because of the tension in the room

Respond to one of the questions below. include at least two supporting details or examples. a. in “the literature of the middle east and south asia,” laura winkiel writes: “these stories us to understand the complex questions that middle easterners and south asian people ask as they stand at a crossroads of cultural and religious change.” explain how this statement applies to one of the selections you read. be sure to include the title of the selection and explain the crossroads that it illustrates. b. setting and mood are important elements in many of the stories in this unit. choose one story and describe some aspects of its setting: where it takes place; what mood is created by the details of weather, place, and time; and how this setting to convey the theme of the story. c. what did you learn about the role of women in the societies described in the reading selections in this unit? describe how the women cope with the conflicts they encounter. note: if you respond to essay (c), you may not choose the similar essay in the unit 3 unit test.

Aman lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. in the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator -- or if it was raining that day -- he goes back to his floor directly. otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up two flights of stairs to his apartment.

How is president obama using an appeal to reason, or logos, in this excerpt? by explaining why each person must work hard in order to succeed by explaining why working together is necessary for success by explaining why attempts at working together in the past failed by explaining why each person must look out for him or her self