From the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008 to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the U. S. has seen a pattern repeated over and over again: when crises strike, the wealthy win, they suffer less, they benefit more from government bailouts, and their wealth recovers more quickly. When the crisis is over, the rich tend to get richer and the poor poorer. Last year, some Western economists used the "K" word to describe this American phenomenon. The upper part of the right hand of the "K" character describes the rapid recovery of wealth of wealthy groups after the impact of the epidemic. The next stroke on the right part of the "K" character refers to the long-term financial plight of the poor due to the impact of .

In henrik ibsen's a doll's house, there are numerous references to dolls. nora mentions how she has bought dolls for her daughter, emmy. she also refers to her children as "nice little dolly children." which interpretation of this reference to dolls is the most plausible? a. the dolls symbolize nora’s childhood. they are a reminder of nora’s father and how he made her happy with dolls every time she was sad or upset. b. the dolls symbolize the deceptive ways in which nora pretends to live in a nice world even though she engages in criminal activity. c. the dolls symbolize both nora and her children. just as nora is a toy and plaything for torvald, her children seem to be her toys and playthings. d. the dolls symbolize nora's indifference toward her children. instead of nourishing her children with love, nora uses the dolls to show them her affection.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.

Prompt: read the letter to the editor "i, too, have a dream." how does the writer use structure and language to persuade her readers and support her feelings about immigration? write an essay using evidence from the letter to answer the question.