Adult characters in "Excerpt from Under the Persimmon Tree" and "Excerpt from Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway" are an important part of these stories. How do these adult characters

contribute to the plot of each story? What are the differences in the ways the adult characters

contribute to the plots? Use details from both stories to support your response.

In your response, be sure to

• describe how the adults in "Excerpt from Under the Persimmon Tree" contribute to the plot

of that story

• describe how the adults in "Excerpt from Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway" contribute to the

plot of that story

• describe the differences in the ways the adult characters contribute to the plots in each story

use details from both stories to support your response

Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which choice best describes the purpose of this text? to persuade readers to oppose the censorship of literature to inform readers about censorship in a specific country to entertain readers with stories about censorship to motivate readers to speak out against censorship mark this and return

1. imaginary persons in a novel believable characters 2. characterization long prose narrative 3. real in the fictional world of the novel creation of characters 4. the novel world of fiction 5. world of the novel characters i need the answer

Which of the following is an appeal to reason? (5 points) a statistics or other facts that will bring audiences to a logical conclusion b positive references to the audience's sense of right versus wrong c strong organization and use of proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar d descriptions of events or places that have meanings to the audience