Read the excerpt from abraham lincoln’s gettysburg address. four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. now we are engaged in a great civil war. .testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . can long endure. what is lincoln’s purpose in the excerpt? to recall the names of famous national leaders to suggest the need for a new government to emphasize the nation’s beliefs and ideals to demand an end to the civil war

Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.

Saved in marigolds, what do the following lines from the passage mainly reveal about lizabeth? suddenly i was ashamed, and i did not like being ashamed. the child in me sulked and said it was all in fun, but the woman in me flinched at the thought of the malicious attack that i had led.

What's the difference between narrative writing and procedural writing? a. narrative writing doesn't have a plot structure, and procedural writing has a plot structure. b. procedural writing tells about the author's personal life, and narrative writing presents the steps to accomplish a goal. c. procedural writing presents the steps to accomplish a goal, and narrative writing tells a story. d. narrative writing presents the steps to accomplish a goal, and procedural writing tells a story.